On suffering pathways to healing & health - Clarke, Beverley M. (Dartmouth College Press, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references and index
The first book to address issues of suffering as separate from pain that require psychologically and culturally sensitive interventions
Suffering in medicine -- Suffering is not pain -- The power of religious and spiritual beliefs -- Suffering and culture -- Crises of suffering across the life span -- The language of suffering -- Medical-legal disclosure of suffering -- Power differentials and suffering -- How to assess suffering -- Standards of care -- Key components of suffering in chronic illness -- The resolution of suffering -- The roles of health care professionals -- Habilitation and rehabilitation -- The wounded spirit -- Surviving and thriving