Caring and Curing: A Philosophy of Medicine and Social Work

by Robert (R. S.) Downie and Elizabeth Telfer

First published in 1980, Caring and Curing is for all those involved in the 'caring professions' - medicine, social work, and the other health and welfare occupations. It is both an introduction to philosophy for the caring professions and a philosophy of those professions. The authors believe that the best way to introduce philosophy is to engage in it, to philosophize, and that the most exciting way to philosophize is to offer a reasoned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032168439
• ISBN13: 9781032168432
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 186 Pages