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The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine
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The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine Paperback - 1994

by Cassell, Eric J

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  • Title The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine
  • Author Cassell, Eric J
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st p/b ed.
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Incorporated, New York
  • Date March 9, 1994
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 322840-6
  • ISBN 9780195089127 / 019508912X
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.13 x 6.13 x 0.74 in (23.19 x 15.57 x 1.88 cm)
  • Reading level 1330
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90007657
  • Dewey Decimal Code 610.1

First line

AS I SAT at the battered desk in the Bellevue Clinic, the young woman opposite me implored me to believe that her back really hurt.

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About the author

Eric J. Cassell is Clinical Professor of Public Health at Cornell University Medical College, and an attending physician at The New York Hospital. He is a fellow of the Hastings Center and a member of the Institute of Medicine of The National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of The Healer's Art, The Place of Humanities in Medicine, and Talking with Patients.