Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Reprint permissions for copyrighted material; Part One: Health and humanities; 1 The philosophy of healthcare; 2 The art of seeing; 3 The politics of health; Part Two: Suffering: the heart of medicine; 4 Suffering and spirituality; 5 The illness experience in literature; 6 Chronic illness and the sociology of disability; 7 Mental illness and the poetry of despair; 8 Narratives of abuse; 9 Dances with death; Part Three: Healing: the soul of healthcare; 10 The history of healing; 11 The dynamics of healing.
12 Uncertainty, bewilderment and mystery13 Compassion; 14 Professional fulfilment; 15 Professional virtue; Index.