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A Place of Healing: Working with Suffering in Living and Dying [Hardcover]

Michael Kearney (Author)
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" This is a book for all healthcare professionals who are open to be challenged in their thinking and practice." Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy

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One of the most significant healthcare advances in the latter part of the twentieth century has been the development of the specialty of palliative care. The specialty traditionally draws on the successes of the Western medical model in developing innovative means of controlling pain where cure is not possible. The author of this book argues that while the medical model of palliative care has undoubted strengths in easing pain, that there are nevertheless limitations. In particular, while its practitioners are undoubtedly dedicated to the alleviation of suffering, the model itself is limited in its ability to alleviate the psychological and spiritual suffering that often accompanies terminal illness, and thus in helping patients in their total experience of illness. Drawing on the ancient rites of Asklepian healing, Dr Kearney looks at the mythology underlying this model and examines the contemporary relevance of these ideas in terms of healthcare and education. He concludes by proposing a new model for the healing of suffering in healthcare which draws on the best practice of both traditions.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant and Poetic Book/Hospice People Should Read It!, Jun 30 2004
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Anyone who works with or cares about end of life issues should read this book. Kearney, an MD with a specialty in palliative care (he worked with Cicely Saunders!) is a gorgeous, heartful writer and his ideas about healing are cutting edge and profound. All Hospice people, medical students, physians and nurses should read this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars All Hospice People Should Read This, Jun 30 2004
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This review is from: A Place of Healing: Working with Suffering in Living and Dying (Hardcover)
Anyone who works with or cares about end of life issues should read this book. Kearney, an MD with a specialty in palliative care (he worked with Cicely Saunders!) is a gorgeous, heartful writer and his ideas about healing are cutting edge and profound.

All Hospice people, medical students, physians and nurses should read this book.
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