Social Service and the Art of Healing

C. Cabot Richard

Description

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. This book is written to exemplify three forms of team-work which are now tend ing to ennoble medicine.

Sujets

• Assertiveness

Informations

• Publié par: Forgotten Books
• Date de parution: 27 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780243638574
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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T I S exempbook is written to l ify f are now tendw ch o o ing to ennoble medicine S type ofocial service the modern what used to be called philanthropy is drawing nearer and nearer to medicine Publ c health and the extermination of disease that most fruitful cause of pov of mise y of c ime are the ideals for which doctors and social workers are j oining hands to day When the doc tor looks for the root cause of most of the sickness that he is called upon to help he nds social conditions such as vice o ercrowding sweatshops and poverty When the social worker ana the reason why a family is in need why a brea winner is slack or shiftless

viii IN RO D C ION why girls go wrong and boys are caught stealing he nds physical conditions me cal conditions poor utrition bad air alcoholism tuberculosis inj uries in factories staring in the face Therefore o is called for and the professions are beginning to hear this call to feel this k nship and somewhat bash fully to work together But moral and spiritual problems also branch out of medical problems hind much physical su fering is the ment l torment the doubt fear worry or morse that the stress of life has created in most of the sick and in many who call themselves well Without recog zi ng and treating these ills of the mi nd it is impossible control the bo ly su erings for which people consult the doctor The doctor must be a psychologist an educator a physician to the whole man body and soul alike But can he

IN RO D C ION ix A s the need gain i The octor must work with the educator the psycholo ist and the minister as well as with the ph lanthropist O nly in this way can he become mself an educator a teacher putting the truth into his tients m nds and letting it do its own work there The problem of truth spea ing deception and concealment in medical practice spr ngs naturally out of the newer educational and preventive work which is being recognized to day as the core of medical helpf ness to the public as a whole To fool a patient is tyranny not guidance H e must understand what is eing done for if he is to do his part properly This means

To describe the changes j ust suggested whereby medical social and educational work are now being drawn together for the public good is the obj ect of this book