Ideas in conflict: the rise and fall of new views of disease
The changing concept of the ideal physician
The nature of suffering
Suffering in chronic illness
The mysterious relationship between doctor and patient
How to understand diseases
The pursuit of disease or the care of the sick?
Treating the disease, the body, or the patient
The doctor and the patient
Who is this person?
The measure of the person
The clinician's experience: power versus magic in medicine
Mind and body
The illness called dying
Pain and suffering
Epilogue: the care of the suffering patient.