A holistic view of the factors that impact the health of a patient beyond the illness itself, this book examines what it is like to be a patient. It espouses the view that terminal illness may not be a tragedy but, an opportunity for emotional growth. The inadequacies of medical care today are discussed, from the failure of health care professionals to see the person with the disease, to the many ways in which managed-care organizations jeopardize the doctor/patient relationship.
The work reviews concrete ways in which health care professionals can enhance the quality of their care, by...
A holistic view of the factors that impact the health of a patient beyond the illness itself, this book examines what it is like to be a patient. I...
