The Lost Art of Healing: Practicing Compassion in Medicine - Brossura

Lown, Bernard

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ISBN 10: 0345425979 ISBN 13: 9780345425973

Casa editrice: Random House Publishing Group, 1999

Riassunto

The author draws on his forty years' experience as a physician to call for a new appreciation of the importance of the doctor-patient relationship and of the art--rather than the technology--of medicine. Reprint.

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L'autore:

Bernard Lown, MD, is Professor Emeritus at the Harvard School of Public Health and senior physician (ret.) at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He is the founder of the Lown Cardiovascular Group and the Chairman Emeritus of the Lown Institute.

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sis in medicine today is not about economics, insurance, or managed care--it's about the loss of the fundamental human relationship between doctor and patient. In this wise and passionate book, one of our most eminent physicians reacquaints us with a classic notion often overlooked in modern medicine: health care with a human face, in which the time-honored art of healing guides doctors in their approach to patient care and their use of medical technology.

Drawing on four decades of practice as a cardiologist and a vast knowledge of literature and medical history, Dr. Lown probes the heart and soul of the doctor-patient relationship. Insightful and accessible to all, The Lost Art of Healing describes how true healers use sympathetic listening and touch to hone their diagnostic skills, how language affects the perception of illness, how doctors and patients can cultivate a relationship of trust, and how patients can obtain the most complete and beneficial care through a combination of heal

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• Editore: Random House Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0345425979
• ISBN 13: 9780345425973
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 366