Treatment

This third volume in the Companion to Medical Humanities series considers the concept of treatment as an active process which produces an outcome, be it effective, inappropriate or inadequate.It invites the reader to examine the relevance of the patients' belief in any given treatment and their...

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Main Authors: Heath, Iona (Author), Louhiala, Pekka (Author), Saunders, John (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Rodcliffe Publishing , c2014
Series:Medical humanities companion volume 3
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490 1 |a Medical humanities companion   |v volume 3 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. On treatmnet and its effects -- 2. Wonderful treatment -- 3. Treatment - a matter bwetween subjects -- 4. Deciding on treatment -- 5. Paternalism, power and autonomy -- 6. Symptoms without disease : territory without a map -- 7. The paradox of placebo - real and sham in medicine -- 8. Considering the alternatives : or, who is the medicine man? -- 9. Boldness and temperance in treatment 
520 |a This third volume in the Companion to Medical Humanities series considers the concept of treatment as an active process which produces an outcome, be it effective, inappropriate or inadequate.It invites the reader to examine the relevance of the patients' belief in any given treatment and their confidence in the practitioner. Against a person-centred backdrop, it investigates boundaries, and reflects on the practical demands on a health care system limited in its resources, where the price of choice for one may be the restriction of service for the other. It also questions the supposed contrasts between treatment and cure, redefining the meaning of care in daily practice. It offers inspirational reading for all academics and professionals with an interest in the medical humanities, as well as researchers in philosophy of medicine and medical ethics. 
650 0 |a Communication in medicine 
650 0 |a Physician and patient 
650 0 |a Therapeutics 
650 1 2 |a Therapeutics 
650 2 2 |a Patients   |x psychology 
650 2 2 |a Physician-Patient Relations 
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700 1 |a Saunders, John ,   |e author 
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