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Combining medicine, psychology, and the generous supportive perspective of volunteers, this fascinating interdisciplinary reflection attempts to answer the question Is suffering useful? Along the way, this moving book sheds some light on fundamental aspects of human existence. The expert authors use an interactive and easy-to-follow dialogue to explain how processing and accepting suffering allows for maintaining autonomy and serenity in the difficult moments that a loss of health can entail. Combinando la medicina, la psicologia y la generosa mirada solidaria del voluntariado, esta fascinante reflexion interdisciplinaria intenta contestar la pregunta Es util el sufrimiento? En el proceso, este libro conmovedor arroja un poco de luz sobre aspectos fundamentales de la existencia humana. Los expertos autores explican mediante un dialogo interactivo y ameno como el procesar y el aceptar el sufrimiento permiten mantener la autonomia y la serenidad aun en los dificiles momentos que supone una perdida de la salud.

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Miquel Vilardell is a medical doctor and a professor of medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is the chief of staff of internal medicine at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital and the vice president of the Official Medical School of Barcelona. He is the author of Ser medico. Tina Parayre is a counselor and the coauthor of El caballo de Miguel. Ramon Bayes is a professor emeritus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the author of more than 700 scholarly and popular publications in the fields of health, oncology, HIV, geriatrics, and palliative care. He is the author of El psicologo que buscaba la serenidad. Albert Figueras is a doctor dedicated to promoting the rational use of medication. He works for the Catalan Pharmacology Institute and is a professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is the author of Pequenas grandes cosas and Ubuntu.

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