www.psychspace.com心理学空间网The possibilities of patient-centered medicine*
ENID BALINT, B.Sc.
London
Case work consultant, Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, London; honorary secretary, TrainingCommittee, British Psycho-analytical Society
IN his paper, The Structure of the Training cum Research Seminar and its Implicationfor Medicine, Michael Balint spoke about two classes of pathological conditions:Class I comprises conditions in which a localizable 'illness' can be found. In this classscientific examinations can identify a fault either in the body or in one of the partfunctions in the body. In this way of thinking, the prime aim is to find a localizablefault, diagnose it as an illness and then treat it. This is what we call 'illness-orientatedmedicine.'
ENID BALINT, B.Sc.
London
Case work consultant, Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, London; honorary secretary, TrainingCommittee, British Psycho-analytical Society
IN his paper, The Structure of the Training cum Research Seminar and its Implicationfor Medicine, Michael Balint spoke about two classes of pathological conditions:Class I comprises conditions in which a localizable 'illness' can be found. In this classscientific examinations can identify a fault either in the body or in one of the partfunctions in the body. In this way of thinking, the prime aim is to find a localizablefault, diagnose it as an illness and then treat it. This is what we call 'illness-orientatedmedicine.'