The Doctor, His Patient, and the Illness

Balint, Michæl

doi:10.1097/00000441-195711000-00017

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“…1,2 The initial improvement, as indicated by the differences between TMD-1 and TMD-2, might be explained by two variables. The ®rst is the drug±doctor phenomenon described by Balint,11 who claimed that it is not only the medicine that is important, but also the way in which the doctor prescribes it. His conclusion was that the drug most used in general practice is the doctor himself.…”

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confidence: 99%

Effects of autogenic training on emotional distress symptoms

Farné

Gnugnoli

2000

Stress Med.

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Effects of autogenic training on emotional distress symptoms

Farné

Gnugnoli

2000

Stress Med.

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“…The limitations of the reductionist approach to illness and the interactional and ethical consequences of this approach can be found in a number of influential studies conducted by members of the medical research establishment, as illustrated by Michael Balint's (1957) examination of the doctor−patient relationship and Kerr White's (1988) critique in The Task of Medicine. A related body of literature directing critical attention to ethical issues involved in biomedical practice is represented by Paul Ramsey's (1974) The Patient as Person and the more recent effort by Paul Komesaroff (1995) to make a case for a "microethical" perspective in his book Troubled Bodies.…”

Section: Demystification Of Biomedical Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

Reflexive Biomedicalization and Alternative Healing Systems

Lyng

2010

Bioethical Inquiry

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The utilization of alternative medical therapies and practitioners has increased dramatically in the U.S. in the last two to three decades. This trend seems paradoxical when one considers the rapid advances taking place in biomedical knowledge and technology during this same time period. Observers both inside and outside of the medical profession have attempted to explain the rising popularity of alternative medicine by proposing that it signals a growing sense of dissatisfaction and disenchantment with professional biomedical practices on the part of the lay public. This paper challenges this thesis and offers an alternative explanation, arguing that the rise of alternative medicine is a consequence of the success and expanding influence of biomedicine rather than its failure and declining authority. The argument presented draws primarily on Ulrich Beck's "risk society" perspective and theory of "reflexive modernization," with specific attention to his analysis of the "reflexive scientization" process. The application of this perspective allows us to understand the emergence and development of alternative medicine as an unanticipated consequence of the process of reflexive biomedicalization in the late modern era.

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“…The early beginnings of patient-centered health care were introduced by Balint [56], who studied the patient's perspective on illness and the doctorBox 1. Hierarchical classification of evidence for effectiveness for research studies 1.…”

Section: Incorporating Patients' Preferencesmentioning

confidence: 99%