Renewal of Generosity
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A01=Arthur W. Frank
Author_Arthur W. Frank
bedside manner
care ethics
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communication
disease
doctors
emmanuel levinas
empathy
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generosity
healing
health sciences
healthcare
illness
marcus aurelius
medical professionals
medicine
mikhail bakhtin
nursing
pain
patients
philosophy
physician-patient relations
psychology
sociology
suffering
treatment
Product details
- ISBN 9780226260174
- Weight: 227g
- Dimensions: 14 x 22mm
- Publication Date: 24 Oct 2005
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Through engaging narratives of illness, medical work, and nursing in which people choose to act in ways that affirm their humanity, "The Renewal of Generosity" depicts the transformation of demoralized medicine into caring relationships through generosity - generosity towards both others and oneself. Arthur Frank demonstrates how generosity is renewed through dialogue, and he also distinguishes authentic dialogue from mere talk. For Frank, medicine is the face-to-face encounter that comes before and after pharmaceuticals, surgeries, and diagnostics. His is a book for people on both sides of the medical encounter who want to offer more to those they meet and who want a more enriching experience for themselves. A work of enormous grace and compassion. "The Renewal of Generosity" expands our vision of illness and healing.
Arthur W. Frank is professor of sociology at the University of Calgary. He is the author of At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness and The Wounded Storyteller, the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.
