Caring And Curing

Author : Ronald L. Numbers,Darrel W. Amundsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : UOM:39015050773889

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Caring and Curing by Ronald L. Numbers,Darrel W. Amundsen Pdf

A fascinating and enlightening overview of how religious values have come to affect the practice of medicine and medical care. Most religious traditions have a rich, if largely forgotten, heritage of involvement in medical issues of life, death, and health. Religious values influence our behavior and attitudes toward sickness, sexuality, and lifestyle, to say nothing of more controversial subjects such as abortion and euthanasia. The essays in this important book illuminate the history of health and medicine within the Judeo-Christian tradition. Bringing together 20 original articles by expert scholars in the fields of the history of religion and the history of medicine, Caring and Curing provides a fascinating and enlightening overview of how religious values have come to affect the practice of medicine and medical care.

Author : Dianne Dodd,Deborah Gorham
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780776615592

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Caring and Curing by Dianne Dodd,Deborah Gorham Pdf

This collection of essays takes the reader from the early 19th century struggle between female midwives and male physicians right up to the late 20th century emergence of professionally trained women physicians vying for a place in the medical hierarchy. The bitter conflict for control of birthing and other aspects of domestic health care between female lay healers, particularly midwives, and the emerging male-dominated medical profession is examined from new perspectives.

Author : Anne H. Bishop,John R. Scudder
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002-09-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817311759

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Caring, Curing, Coping by Anne H. Bishop,John R. Scudder Pdf

The fundamental mission of medicine is caring, and curing may be only one component of that broad mission A popular conception of medical care is that nurses care, physicians cure, and patients cope. The significant theme that runs throughout this volume is that the fundamental mission of medicine is caring, and curing may be only one component of that broad mission. Each of the chapters speaks to that theme, although each approaches it from a different perspective.

Author : Jacob Stegenga
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 022659081X

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Care and Cure by Jacob Stegenga Pdf

The philosophy of medicine has become a vibrant and complex intellectual landscape, and Care and Cure is the first extended attempt to map it. In pursuing the interdependent aims of caring and curing, medicine relies on concepts, theories, inferences, and policies that are often complicated and controversial. Bringing much-needed clarity to the interplay of these diverse problems, Jacob Stegenga describes the core philosophical controversies underlying medicine in this unrivaled introduction to the field. The fourteen chapters in Care and Cure present and discuss conceptual, metaphysical, epistemological, and political questions that arise in medicine, buttressed with lively illustrative examples ranging from debates over the true nature of disease to the effectiveness of medical interventions and homeopathy. Poised to be the standard sourcebook for anyone seeking a comprehensive overview of the canonical concepts, current state, and cutting edge of this vital field, this concise introduction will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars of medicine and philosophy.

Author : Robert Silcock Downie,Elizabeth Telfer
Publisher : Methuen Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Medicine
ISBN : UOM:39015016147624

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Caring and Curing by Robert Silcock Downie,Elizabeth Telfer Pdf

Author : Dianne Elizabeth Dodd,Deborah Gorham
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9780776603872

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Caring and Curing by Dianne Elizabeth Dodd,Deborah Gorham Pdf

This collection of essays takes the reader from the early 19th century struggle between female midwives and male physicians right up to the late 20th century emergence of professionally trained women physicians vying for a place in the medical hierarchy. The bitter conflict for control of birthing and other aspects of domestic health care between female lay healers, particularly midwives, and the emerging male-dominated medical profession is examined from new perspectives. Published in English.

Author : Andy Lazris
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781501703867

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Curing Medicare by Andy Lazris Pdf

Andy Lazris, MD, is a practicing primary care physician who experiences the effects of Medicare policy on a daily basis. As a result, he believes that the way we care for our elderly has taken a wrong turn and that Medicare is complicit in creating the very problems it seeks to solve. Aging is not a disease to be cured; it is a life stage to be lived. Lazris argues that aggressive treatments cannot change that fact but only get in the way and decrease quality of life. Unfortunately, Medicare’s payment structure and rules deprive the elderly of the chance to pursue less aggressive care, which often yields the most humane and effective results. Medicare encourages and will pay more readily for hospitalization than for palliative and home care. It encourages and pays for high-tech assaults on disease rather than for the primary care that can make a real difference in the lives of the elderly. Lazris offers straightforward solutions to ensure Medicare’s solvency through sensible cost-effective plans that do not restrict patient choice or negate the doctor-patient relationship. Using both data and personal stories, he shows how Medicare needs to change in structure and purpose as the population ages, the physician pool becomes more specialized, and new medical technology becomes available. Curing Medicare demonstrates which medical interventions (medicines, tests, procedures) work and which can be harmful in many common conditions in the elderly; the harms and benefits of hospitalization; the current culture of long-term care; and how Medicare often promotes care that is ineffective, expensive, and contrary to what many elderly patients and their families really want.

Author : Tom A. Hutchinson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781441994400

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Whole Person Care by Tom A. Hutchinson Pdf

A ground-breaking new volume and the first of its kind to concisely outline and explicate the emerging field of whole person care process, Whole Person Care: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century organizes the disparate strains of literature on the topic. It does so by clarifying the concept of 'whole person' and also by outlining the challenges and opportunities that death anxiety poses to the practice of whole person care. Whole person care seeks to study, understand and promote the role of health care in relieving suffering and promoting healing in acute and chronic illness as a complement to the disease focus of biomedicine. The focus is on the whole person -- physical, emotional, social, and spiritual. Using concise, easy-to-read language, the early chapters offer practitioners a thorough understanding of the concepts, skills and tools necessary for the practice of whole person care from a clinician-patient interaction standpoint, while the last two chapters review the myriad implications of whole person care for medical practice. An invaluable resource for all areas of medical practice and for practitioners at all stages of development, from medical students to physicians and allied health providers with many years of experience, Whole Person Care: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century will have a profound impact on western medical practice in North America and elsewhere.

Author : Jo Marchant
Publisher : Crown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780385348164

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Cure by Jo Marchant Pdf

A rigorous, skeptical, deeply reported look at the new science behind the mind's surprising ability to heal the body. Have you ever felt a surge of adrenaline after narrowly avoiding an accident? Salivated at the sight (or thought) of a sour lemon? Felt turned on just from hearing your partner's voice? If so, then you've experienced how dramatically the workings of your mind can affect your body. Yet while we accept that stress or anxiety can damage our health, the idea of "healing thoughts" was long ago hijacked by New Age gurus and spiritual healers. Recently, however, serious scientists from a range of fields have been uncovering evidence that our thoughts, emotions and beliefs can ease pain, heal wounds, fend off infection and heart disease and even slow the progression of AIDS and some cancers. In Cure, award-winning science writer Jo Marchant travels the world to meet the physicians, patients and researchers on the cutting edge of this new world of medicine. We learn how meditation protects against depression and dementia, how social connections increase life expectancy and how patients who feel cared for recover from surgery faster. We meet Iraq war veterans who are using a virtual arctic world to treat their burns and children whose ADHD is kept under control with half the normal dose of medication. We watch as a transplant patient uses the smell of lavender to calm his hostile immune system and an Olympic runner shaves vital seconds off his time through mind-power alone. Drawing on the very latest research, Marchant explores the vast potential of the mind's ability to heal, lays out its limitations and explains how we can make use of the findings in our own lives. With clarity and compassion, Cure points the way towards a system of medicine that treats us not simply as bodies but as human beings. A New York Times Bestseller Finalist for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize Longlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize

Author : Rytek Kutas
Publisher : The Sausage Maker Inc
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780025668607

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Great Sausage Recipes and Meat Curing by Rytek Kutas Pdf

The most comprehensive book available on sausage making and meat curing.

Author : James P. Rife,Alan J. Dellapenna
Publisher : PHS COF
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 9780977314928

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Caring and Curing by James P. Rife,Alan J. Dellapenna Pdf

Author : H.A. Ten Have,Bert Gordijn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401597067

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Bioethics in a European Perspective by H.A. Ten Have,Bert Gordijn Pdf

This book gives an overview of the most salient themes in present-day bioethics. The book focuses on perspectives typical for the European context. This highlights not only particular bioethical themes such as social justice, choices in health care, and health policy (e.g., in post-communist countries), it also emphasizes specific approaches in ethical theory, in relation to Continental philosophies such as phenomenology and hermeneutics.

Author : Tracy D Kolenchuk
Publisher : Tracy D. Kolenchuk
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A New Theory of Cure by Tracy D Kolenchuk Pdf

Our current theory of cure isn’t working. When did it stop? Today, we can’t cure most diseases. When cured – few can be proven cured. Even the common cold, the flu, and measles. I’ve had them all, cured. Over 99 percent of cases are cured, while medical theory “there is no cure for…” The same is true for many other diseases. We need a theory of cure that encompasses every curable medical condition or disease. This book is the first step on that path. Cure is defined by cause. Every curable medical condition has a present cause that, when addressed, results in a cure. Of course, many diseases are compound and complex, having multiple causes often causing other diseases themselves. There is plenty of complexity. To study cure, we simplify first and then build our understanding from a solid foundation. There are exactly two basic types of illness causes, resulting in exactly two types of cures. An element of illness has a single cause. The cause of an illness might be found in diet, body, mind, spirit, community or environment of the afflicted. The illness element is cured when the cause has been successfully addressed. Once an illness is cured, that cure is permanent. No cure is permanent. If the cause occurs again, a new illness might occur. This logic applies to every cure. Cures are forward movements in life. We can only go forward in life, not backwards. No cure is perfect. Perfect cures are a myth. Real cures are real. Both healing and curing function by addressing the basic causes of illness. Healing cures are unconscious intentional actions that successfully address the cause of an illness. No healing cure is perfect - even when the results are better than before. Curing consists of intentional personal, community, and medical actions that address the cause of an illness. Caring is attention by self and community to address the signs and symptoms of disease, to aid and facilitate healthy tolerance of the signs and symptoms of disease and to aid and facilitate cures.

Author : Allen D. Spiegel,Bernard H. Backhaut
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Consumer satisfaction
ISBN : UCAL:B4339068

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Curing and Caring by Allen D. Spiegel,Bernard H. Backhaut Pdf

Author : Alex Broadbent
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190612153

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Philosophy of Medicine by Alex Broadbent Pdf

Philosophy of Medicine asks two central questions about medicine: what is it, and what should we think of it? Philosophy of medicine itself has evolved in response to developments in the philosophy of science, especially with regard to epistemology, positioning it to make contributions that are medically useful. This book locates these developments within a larger framework, suggesting that much philosophical thinking about medicine contributes to answering one or both of these two guiding questions. Taking stock of philosophy of medicine's present place in the landscape and its potential to illuminate a wide range of areas, from public health to policy, Alex Broadbent introduces various key topics in the philosophy of medicine. The first part of the book argues for a novel view of the nature of medicine, arguing that medicine should be understood as an inquiry into the nature and causes of health and disease. Medicine excels at achieving understanding, but not at translating this understanding into cure, a frustration that has dogged the history of medicine and continues to the present day. The second part of the book explores how we ought to consider medicine. Contemporary responses, such as evidence-based medicine and medical nihilism, tend to respond by fixing high standards of evidence. Broadbent rejects these approaches in favor of Medical Cosmopolitanism, or a rejection of epistemic relativism and pluralism about medicine that encourages conversations between medical traditions. From this standpoint, Broadbent opens the way to embracing alternative medicine. An accessible and user-friendly guide, Philosophy of Medicine puts these different debates into perspective and identifies areas that demand further exploration.