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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In Sickness and Health: Form follows Function?
“Form follows function” is a quote by the architect Louis Sullivan who said that buildings and other objects, which we might perceive as not beautiful, should have a shape that primarily relates to their intended function or purpose. The phrase is … Continue reading