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How is modern medicine failing? Why is a more human approach
required? This book challenges the dogma of modern technological
medicine that ignores both the therapeutic effect of the doctors
and the self-healing powers of the patient. It reviews the vast
weight of evidence on the effectiveness of this 'human effect', and
uses the evidence to describe how to use the human effect in
everyday practice. This book is about a vision. A vision that
practitioners and patients will recognise and regain their
therapeutic potential. It provides a shift in perspective on what
doctors can achieve. Thoroughly referenced, it is vital for general
practitioners, and also very relevant to all doctors, nurses,
health managers, policy makers and indeed patients. 'Pendulums
swing in most fields of life, and medicine and general practice are
no exceptions. At the mid-point of the twentieth century the human
side of medicine was well understood and implicitly accepted by
most working practitioners. As the century progressed, the personal
aspects came second (but now) the pendulum of thought has started
to swing back again towards the personal.
How is modern medicine failing? Why is a more human approach
required? This book challenges the dogma of modern technological
medicine that ignores both the therapeutic effect of the doctors
and the self-healing powers of the patient. It reviews the vast
weight of evidence on the effectiveness of this 'human effect', and
uses the evidence to describe how to use the human effect in
everyday practice. This book is about a vision. A vision that
practitioners and patients will recognise and regain their
therapeutic potential. It provides a shift in perspective on what
doctors can achieve. Thoroughly referenced, it is vital for general
practitioners, and also very relevant to all doctors, nurses,
health managers, policy makers and indeed patients. 'Pendulums
swing in most fields of life, and medicine and general practice are
no exceptions. At the mid-point of the twentieth century the human
side of medicine was well understood and implicitly accepted by
most working practitioners. As the century progressed, the personal
aspects came second (but now) the pendulum of thought has started
to swing back again towards the personal.
The daily work of General Practitioners can seem at once simple and
immensely complicated. The routine nature of the consultation
appears on the surface to be straightforward, but carries within it
myriad layers of meaning. The options for diagnosis and treatment
within a single consultation, or when combined in the overall
pattern of the day, can seem huge. A basic understanding of
complexity theory can provide GPs with a way to face the more
bewildering aspects of their job. This book provides a concise and
clear introduction to complexity, tailored specifically for the
primary care environment. GPs and their colleagues throughout
primary care will find this book assists them in working more
efficiently, more effectively and more enjoyably.
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