The Renewal of Generosity: Illness, Medicine, and How to Live

by Arthur W. Frank

Book Overview

Contemporary health care often lacks generosity of spirit, even when treatment is most efficient. Too many patients are left unhappy with how they are treated, and too many medical professionals feel estranged from the calling that drew them to medicine. Arthur W. Frank tells the stories of ill people, doctors, and nurses who are restoring generosity to medicine-generosity toward others and to themselves.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226260178
• ISBN13: 9780226260174
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.8"