What patients teach : the everyday ethics of health care /

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Author / Creator:Churchill, Larry R., 1945- author.
Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]
©2013
Description:1 online resource (xix, 184 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12015390
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Other authors / contributors:Fanning, Joseph B., author.
Schenck, David, author.
ISBN:9780199331192
0199331197
1299940129
9781299940123
9780199331185
0199331189
0190650583
9780190650582
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary:Being a patient is a unique interpersonal experience but it is also a universal human experience. The relationships formed when we are patients can also teach some of life's most important lessons, and these relationships provide a special window into ethics, especially the ethics of healthcare professionals. This book answers two basic questions: As patients see it, what things allow relationships with healthcare providers to become therapeutic? What can this teach us about healthcare ethics? This volume presents detailed descriptions and analyses of 50 interviews with 58 patients, representi.
Other form:Print version: Churchill, Larry R., 1945- What patients teach 9780199331185