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Spirituality and the Practice of Health Care
S. Robinson
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Description for Spirituality and the Practice of Health Care
Paperback. The authors explore, discuss and analyse a practical definition of spirituality in relation to modern healthcare and invite the reader to consider the key elements of spirituality in different healthcare contexts. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HR; MQCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349. Clean copy
Modern medicine has been staggeringly successful in delivering better health and longer lifespan. But in the developed world doctors are still struggling to treat chronic, often lifestyle-related killers such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Physicians also have little in their armoury to cope with the huge increase in immune system problems such as asthma and rheumatoid arthritis.
Millions of people are turning to alternative therapies, feeling that they provide the relief medical science cannot deliver. Only a handful of these therapies have been properly tested so many scientists dismiss them as nonsense.
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Modern medicine has been staggeringly successful in delivering better health and longer lifespan. But in the developed world doctors are still struggling to treat chronic, often lifestyle-related killers such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Physicians also have little in their armoury to cope with the huge increase in immune system problems such as asthma and rheumatoid arthritis.
Millions of people are turning to alternative therapies, feeling that they provide the relief medical science cannot deliver. Only a handful of these therapies have been properly tested so many scientists dismiss them as nonsense.
The Whole Story ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan London
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Number of Pages
251
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333777978
SKU
KEX0201897
Shipping Time
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99-1
About S. Robinson
SIMON ROBINSON is Running Stream Professor of Applied and Professional Ethics at Leeds Metropolitan University. He has published extensively on business ethics, bioethics, the ethics and spirituality of healthcare, and values and care in Higher Education.
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