Caring, Curing, Coping
140 pages, 5 1/4 x 8 1/2
Paperback
Release Date:03 Sep 2002
ISBN:9780817311759
Caring, Curing, Coping
Nurse, Physician, and Patient Relationships
Edited by Anne H. Bishop and John R. Scudder
University of Alabama Press
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.
‘Of special note is the call for a reconstructed medical morality and a striking and sensitive account of the deepest needs and vulnerabilities of patients.’
—Ethics
Anne H. Bishop is Chairperson, Department of Nursing, and John R. Scudder, Jr., is Professor of Philosophy, Lynchburg College.
