Caring, Curing, Coping: Nurse, Physician, Patient Relationships

by John R. Scudder Jr.

a A popular conception of medical care is that nurses care, physicians cure, and patients cope.aThe 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.aEach of the chapters speaks to that theme, although each approaches it from a different perspective. a "

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817302425
• ISBN13: 9780817302429
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: University of Alabama Press
• Length: 141 Pages