Description
Book SynopsisIn the current era, evidence-based medicine and various supporting technologies dominate everyday clinical practice, according to a disease-centred, as opposed to patient-centred, approach. They have obviously improved the clinical management of diseases and it is therefore unreasonable to think of a medicine in which they are not considered fundamental. In fact, the strength of the new medicine should be to adapt scientific knowledge to a specific clinical case.
This book therefore looks at the prospect of a new 'person' centred medicine, which stands alongside the 'disease' and 'patient' centred medicine, which pays special attention to the subjectivity of scientific knowledge and the relationship between doctor and patient. It is important to emphasise that this book is written by several hands, i.e. by experts from different fields, doctors, philosophers, architects, sociologists, art critics, physicists and engineers. This is with the intention of providing as broad a perspective as possible on the doctor-patient relationship.
Due to its translational and multicultural approach to the subject, the book will be of interest to a wide readership, from medical experts to students, psychologists, philosophers and institutional actors.
Table of ContentsSection 1 - Between the doctor and the patient1. Between the doctor and the patient: the history of the relationship
2. Between the doctor and the patient: the ancient conceptions of philosophy as medicine3. Between the doctor and the patient: origins of an intermediate world4. A systemic approach to health and disease: the interaction of individuals, medicines, cultures and environments5. The ward as a scene6. Between the doctor and the patient: the role of the unconscious in the relationship7. Between the doctor and the patient: Bioethics8. Between the doctor and the patient: consent and trust9. Between the doctor and the patient: big data and precision medicine10. Rehabilitation after a disease: what is “normality” after an invalidating disease?
Section 2 - The patient as a person and the disease11. Toward patient care: integrative and complementary approaches12. Human complexity: a symphony of vital rhythms13. Spirituality in medicine: a new dimension in the light of a millennial tradition14. The body of Descartes and humanism in medicine15. The history of narrative medicine. A way to know the patient dimension between Apollonian and Dionysian16. To care for a patient as a person: emotional architecture of the environment17. Beauty Saves. Culture Cures18. An integrated and systemic approach to the patient: beyond Evidence Based Medicine19. Medicine: a science in-between20. A dialogue between the philosopher and the doctor
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