In this book, the author confronts today's crisis in the health care system concerning the conflict between therapeutic and preventative strategies, and the breakdown of the traditional doctor-patient relationship. The book provides a stimulating discussion about the various scientific methods which have resulted from this conflict, such as biological fundamentalism and holism, and the values, scopes and limitations of the various clinical practices. All members of the medical and allied caring professions will find this book interesting and provocative.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 220 mm
Breite: 140 mm
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978-0-632-01617-4 (9780632016174)
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Contents: The rise of the clinical community; The clinical community in crisis; A new foundation for clinical work; Statistics as a soft foundation of clinical practice; Holistic approaches to clinical practice; Crumbling foundations; Espoused methods and repressed values; What is normality?; The primacy of clinical practice; The development of the disease-orientated practice; Illnesses as evolving entities; A basis for differentiated treatment; The situation-orientated practice; Community-orientated practice; The practice of psychiatry; Methods and morals in health care.
