Caring for patients
a critique of the medical model
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Author
Publication
1995 - Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif, California
Language
English
Word Count
99,250 words, Guess
Page Count
397 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivecaringforpatient0000unse_z8q8
- ISBN-100804723893
- ISBN-139780804723893
- Goodreads4712982
- LibraryThing3060247
and 4 more
- Library of Congress Control Number94027113
- OCLC Control Number30919806
- Better World Books9780804723893
- Open LibraryOL1102180M
Classifications
- DDC610.69/6
- LCCR726.5 .B346 1995
- LCCR726
and 1 more
- LCCR726.5 .B346 1994
Description
The prevailing medical model of patient care is that every illness has a physical cause that can be identified and treated medically. But many physicians challenge this attitude, arguing the necessity of taking the psychological and social situation of the patient into account in the process of diagnosis and treatment. In addition to documenting the limitations of the medical model, the author outlines the goals, attitudes and methods of a more effective, person-centered care. This involves, in addition to diagnosis, an understanding of the illness as a whole, its sources as well as its effects, in order to achieve a healing collaboration with the patient. The book is addressed to doctors and medical students who wish to broaden their outlook, as well as to psychotherapists, counsellors, nurses, and paramedical personnel.
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