Contributor
Rosa, William, 1982- editor.
Edition Statement:Second edition.
ImprintNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Descriptionx, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:The Nature of Suffering and the Practice of Nursing / Mark Lazenby -- Spiritual and Religious Perspectives about Suffering / Elizabeth Johnston Taylor -- Existential Suffering / Virginia Lee -- Pain and Suffering / Judith A. Paice and Betty R. Ferrell -- Suffering of Infants, Parents, and Families / Elena Abascal and Frances T. McCarthy -- Child, Adolescent, and Family Suffering : The Interconnected Experience of Suffering in Serious Pediatric Illness / Kim Mooney-Doyle -- Suffering in Older People / Terry Fulmer, Amy Berman, Rebecca Slossberg, Teffin Benedict, and Rumaysa Sharif -- Suffering Related to Mental Health Challenges and Traumatic Events / Barbara A. Harris -- Suffering in Acute and Critical Care / Elizabeth G. Broden and Anessa Foxwell -- Suffering in Chronic Illness / Avery C. Bechthold and J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom -- Suffering in the Context of Cancer / Renee Wisniewski and Blima Marcus -- Bearing Witness to Suffering at End of Life / Stephanie Van Hope, Janet Booth, and William E. Rosa -- The Suffering of Caregivers, Loved Ones, and the Community / Tamryn F. Gray -- Social Suffering, biopower, and the naturalization of inequity / Alic G. Shook, Robin A. Narruhn, and Christine R. Espina -- Suffering in the Face of Humanitarian Crises and Emergencies / Sheila Davis and Marc Julmisse -- The Suffering of Nurses / Cynda Hylton Rushton and Katie E. Nelson -- Healing and Wholeness in the Face of Suffering / Mary Koithan and Mary Jo Kreitzer -- "What is the Nature of Suffering and What are the Goals of Nursing?" / Betty R. Ferrell and William E. Rosa.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"Humans have long tried to understand- and explain- this fact of the human condition. The ancient Greek playwright, Aeschylus, tells us in a tragedy he wrote in the 5th century BCE, Prometheus Bound, that Zeus punished the Titan, Prometheus, with lifelong suffering for having stolen fire and given it to humans.2 Before Prometheus's intervention, fire had only belonged to the gods. Zeus punished Prometheus by chaining him to a rock and sending an eagle to pluck out his liver during the day. At night, his liver regenerated, only for the eagle to return the next day to pluck it away again. Because Prometheus was half human, he felt the pain of the mortal wound inflicted by the eagle, but because he was half divine, he did not die from the wound."-- Provided by publisher.
