
Suffering and Healing in America
An American Doctor's View from Outside
CRC Press
1st Edition
Published on 20. September 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
136 pages
978-1-84619-130-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book contains a forword by Ron Pust, Professor of Family Medicine, University of Arizona, USA. Written by a practicing physician with 30 years experience both in America and Africa, "Suffering and Healing in America" takes a critical look at Western health care and examines its weaknesses. With a thought provoking rather than prescriptive approach, this extraordinary book offers a new reasoning in health care: learning from history and traditional cultures. "Suffering and Healing in America" will be of great interest to all health care professionals and researchers with an interest in public health. Religious and spiritual leaders will find this book a source of inspiration, and policy makers and shapers worldwide will find plenty to inform and guide their thoughts on the future of health care in America and beyond. 'It doesn't matter whether you are a provider or a consumer of health care, whether in the USA or outside, this book continues to draw keenly reflective cultural insights to challenge us all. America has money and science, but we may have abandoned the spiritual and social context of our lives and deaths. In Africa, and in many other places on our planet, it is quite the opposite. I invite you to explore these contrasts with Ray Downing. This book's lessons have much to teach us.' - Ron Pust, in the Foreword.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 305 mm
Weight
280 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84619-130-5 (9781846191305)
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Additional editions

Raymond Downing | Beverley Hancock
Suffering and Healing in America
An American Doctor's View from Outside
E-Book
10/2018
1st Edition
CRC Press
€36.99
Available for download

Raymond Downing | Beverley Hancock
Suffering and Healing in America
An American Doctor's View from Outside
E-Book
10/2018
CRC Press
€36.99
Available for download
Persons
Raymond Downing, Beverley Hancock
Content
Introduction. Health. Paradigms. Hubris. Ethics. Suffering. Chronic Disease - 1. Chronic Disease - 2. Treatment. Healing. Family Practice. Prevention - 1. Prevention - 2. Culture. Learning. Poverty.