The renewal of generosity illness, medicine, and how to live

Contemporary health care often lacks generosity of spirit, even when treatment is most efficient. Too many patients are left unhappy with how they are treated, and too many medical professionals feel estranged from the calling that drew them to medicine. Arthur W. Frank tells the stories of ill peop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Frank, Arthur W. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press 2004.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798327606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A hospitable welcome
  • Lost in the tunnel
  • The dialogical stoic
  • The generosity of the ill
  • Physicians' generosity
  • "So I can carry on"
  • Unfinalized generosity.