The Lost Art of Caring

A Challenge to Health Professionals, Families, Communities, and Society
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-8018-7443-7
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

In The Lost Art of Caring, Leighton E. Cluff, M.D., and Robert H. Binstock, Ph.D., bring together experts to address the importance of caring, the reasons why it has eroded, and measures that can strengthen caring as provided by health professionals, families, communities, and society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cluff, Leighton E

Binstock, Robert H

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogik: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pflege Krankenpflege

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. Caring and the Populations in Need of It
Chapter 1. Our Need for Caring: Vulnerability and Illness
Chapter 2. Who Needs Caring?
Chapter 3. Caring and Mental Illness
Part II. The Provision of Caring
Chapter 4. A History of Caring in Medicine
Chapter 5. Forces Affecting Caring by Physicians
Chapter 6. Caring and Medical Education
Chapter 7. Caring in Institutional Settings
Chapter 8.Home and Community-Based Care: Toward a Caring Paradigm
Chapter 9. Caring and Community-Based Voluntary Organizations
Part III. Assessments of Caring
Chapter 10. Appraising the Success of Caring
Chapter 11. The Politics of Caring

Über Autor(innen)

Binstock, Robert H
Robert H. Binstock (1935–2011) was, at the time of his death, a professor of aging, health, and society at Case Western Reserve University, where he taught in the public health program and also in the departments of medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics, bioethics, and in the School of Nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Cluff, Leighton E
Leighton E. Cluff, M.D., is a professor emeritus at the University of Florida College of Medicine and former president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Leighton E. Cluff, M.D., is a professor emeritus at the University of Florida College of Medicine and former president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Robert H. Binstock, Ph.D., is a professor of Aging, Health, and Society at Case Western Reserve University. They are co-editors, with Otto von Mering, of The Future of Long-Term Care, also available from Johns Hopkins.