Biopsychosocial medicine
Subtitle: an integrated approach to understanding illness
By: edited by Peter White.
Contributors: White, Peter.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Holistic medicine.; Medicine and psychology.; Social medicine.; Psychophysiologic Disorders -- etiology.; Holistic Health.; Psychophysiologic Disorders -- therapy.; Social Medicine.; Stress, Psychological -- complications.; Psychobiologie.; Psychosociale aspecten.; Medische psychologie.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The history of the biopsychosocial approach in medicine: before and after Engel / Edward Shorter; title: The theoretical basis of the biopsychosocial model / Helge Malmgren; title: Remediable or preventable social factors in the aetiology and prognosis of medical disorders / Michael Marmot; title: Remediable or preventable psychological factors in the aetiology and prognosis of medical disorders / Andrew Steptoe; title: The biopsychosocial approach: a note of caution / George Davey Smith; title: Can neurobiology explain the relationship between stress and disease? / Stafford Lightman; title: Fear and depression as remediable causes of disability in common medical conditions in primary care / Michael Von Korff; title: How important is the biopsychosocial approach? Some examples from research / Jos Kleijnen; title: Complementary and alternative medicine: shopping for health in post-modern times / Adrian Furnham; title: A case of irritable bowel syndrome that illustrates the biopsychosocial model of illness / Doug Drossman; title: Are the patient-centred and biopsychosocial approaches compatible? / Francis Creed; title: What are the barriers to healthcare systems using a biopsychosocial approach and how might they be overcome? / Kate Lorig; title: Final discussion: how to overcome the barriers; title: Beyond the biomedical to the biopsychosocial: integrated medicine / Peter White.