Currently and for centuries past, sickness has been understood to be primarily the physical result of bodily disease. Yet this definition of illness is out-of-date and untrue to life at a time when ch
Spoken language is the most important diagnostic and therapeutic tool in medicine, and, according to Dr. Cassell, "we must be as precise with it as a surgeon with a scalpel." In these two volumes, he
Beyond drugs, beyond technology, there will always be the human element, "the healer's art." Dr. Cassell discusses the world of the sick, the healing connection and healer's battle, the role of omnipo
Since the first edition pointed out a central problem of modern medicine in 1991 that its devotion to science and technology makes it inadequate in the face of suffering medical care has become even m
Spoken language is the most important diagnostic and therapeutic tool in medicine,and, according to Dr. Cassell, "we must be as precise with it as a surgeon with a scalpel." In thesetwo volumes, he an
The renewal of medical curricula generally arises from emerging pedagogies (e.g. problem-based learning), new technologies (e.g. high fidelity simulation), or prevailing sociocultural forces (e.g. com
