The Human Effect in Medicine: Theory, Research and Practice

ISBN-13: 9781857753691 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 170 str.

Michael Dixon; Kieran Sweeney

Opis

This work examines the power of the human effect in medical consultation and seeks to provide a combination of modern philosophy and current evidence, which demonstrates the importance of the human effect and how to apply it.

Spis treści

Introduction. Part One: The history of medical practice: a review. Challenging the current therapeutic perspective. Challenging the conventional history of clinical medicine. Uniqueness in clinical practice: reflections on suffering. Doctors and patients: the therapeutic relationship. Part Two: Placebo theory and research: the physical healer. Using the placebo effect. Why do placebos work? How does the palcebo effect work? How can the mind effect the body? Evidence from psychoneuroimmunology. How the physician healer works: three theories. Part Three: Theory into practice: how do we improve of effectiveness as physician healers? Theory into practice I. Theory into practice II. Theory into practice III. Summary and conclusions.

O autorze

Michael Dixon, Keiran Sweeney