کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3814264 1246000 2012 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Towards non-reductionistic medical anthropology, medical education and practitioner–patient-interaction: The example of Anthroposophic Medicine
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پزشکی و دندانپزشکی (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Towards non-reductionistic medical anthropology, medical education and practitioner–patient-interaction: The example of Anthroposophic Medicine
چکیده انگلیسی

ObjectiveTo develop the hypothesis that reductionism in medical anthropology, professional education and health care influences empathy development, communication and patient satisfaction.MethodWe identified relevant literature and reviewed the material in a structured essay. We reflected our hypothesis by applying it to Anthroposophic Medicine (AM), an example of holistic theory and practice.ResultsReductionism in medical anthropology such as in conventional medicine seems to lead to a less empathetic and less communicative health care culture than holism such as in CAM disciplines. However, reductionism can be transformed into a systemic, multi-perspective holistic view, when the emergent properties of the physical, living, psychic, spiritual and social levels of human existence and the causal relations between them are more carefully accounted for in epistemology, medical anthropology and professional education. This is shown by the example of AM and its possible benefits for communication with and satisfaction of patients.ConclusionA non-reductionistic understanding of the human being may improve communication with patients and enhance patient benefit and satisfaction.Practice implicationsInterdisciplinary qualitative and quantitative studies are warranted to test this hypothesis and to understand the complex relations between epistemology, medical anthropology, education, health care delivery and benefit for patients.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Patient Education and Counseling - Volume 89, Issue 3, December 2012, Pages 455–460
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