CURE Quote
Cassell (1966, p. 149) has distinguished between the “healing function” as opposed to the “curing function” of the physician. The “curing function” is, of course, limited to the cure of disease states. However, the “healing function” is directed at addressing and resolving the existential predicament of the person who is ill – at relieving (to the extent possible) the perceived lived body disruption which the illness engenders.
— Toombs, S. Kay, The Meaning of Illness : a phenomenological account of the different perspectives of physician and patient, 1993-
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Healing, Caring, Curing – Compared
Is healing curing? Is curing healing? Does caring cure? Does it heal? With the conceptual framework of the New Theory of Cure, we can look at these questions in a new light. In October 2023, I published a post on … Continue reading
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