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Author:   Peter White (, Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.421kg
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9780198530343

ISBN 10:   019853034
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   07 April 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Edward Shorter: The history of the biopsychosocial approach in medicine: before and after Engel 2: Helge Malmgren: The theoretical basis of the biopsychosocial model 3: Michael Marmot: Remediable or preventable social factors in the aetiology and prognosis of medical disorders 4: Andrew Steptoe: Remediable or preventable psychological factors in the aetiology and prognosis of medical disorders 5: George Davey Smith: The biopsychosocial approach: a note of caution 6: Stafford Lightman: Can neurobiology explain the relationship between stress and disease? 7: Michael Von Korff: Fear and depression as remediable causes of disability in common medical conditions in primary care 8: Jos Kleijnen: How important is the biopsychosocial approach? Some examples from research 9: Adrian Furnham: Complementary and alternative medicine: shopping for health in post-modern times 10: Doug Drossman: A case of irritable bowel syndrome that illustrates the biopsychosocial model of illness 11: Francis Creed: Are the patient-centred and biopsychosocial approaches compatible? 12: Kate Lorig: What are the barriers to health-care systems using a biopsychosocial approach, and how might they be overcome? 13: Final discussion: how to overcome the barriers 14: Peter White: Beyond the biomedical to the biopsychosocial: integrated medicine

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In summary, this book allows us to listen in on thoughtful experts deliberating about two models which should complement rather than supplant one another. We need to triangulate the bio , psycho , and social aspects of illness to provide optimal, patient-cantered care. An overly narrow view results in myopic science as well practice. Journal of Psychosomatic Research ... this book offers a tantalising overview of a holistic approach to medicine that avoids, on the one hand, the relativistic paralysis and practical irrelevance of much now rather stale post modern theorising, and on the other, an over determined reduction of all human endeavour to phenotypic expression. So let's hear it for the biopsychosocial approach. Primary Care and Community Psychiatry Controversial and challenging this book is vital reading for health professionals who feel the biomedical approach is failing them and their patients. The Psychologist, Vol 12, No 12 This book thoroughly covers the topic. I have not seen a book like this in a very long time. Certainly there are books on psychosomatic illness but his one puts it all together nicely. The lively discussion following most of the chapters is absolutely enlightening. Doody's Journal

In summary, this book allows us to listen in on thoughtful experts deliberating about two models which should complement rather than supplant one another. We need to triangulate the bio , psycho , and social aspects of illness to provide optimal, patient-cantered care. An overly narrow view results in myopic science as well practice. Journal of Psychosomatic Research ... this book offers a tantalising overview of a holistic approach to medicine that avoids, on the one hand, the relativistic paralysis and practical irrelevance of much now rather stale post modern theorising, and on the other, an over determined reduction of all human endeavour to phenotypic expression. So let's hear it for the biopsychosocial approach. Primary Care and Community Psychiatry Controversial and challenging this book is vital reading for health professionals who feel the biomedical approach is failing them and their patients. The Psychologist, Vol 12, No 12 This book thoroughly covers the topic. I have not seen a book like this in a very long time. Certainly there are books on psychosomatic illness but his one puts it all together nicely. The lively discussion following most of the chapters is absolutely enlightening. Doody's Journal

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