Biopsychosocial medicine :an integrated approach to understanding illness
General Material Designation
[book]
First Statement of Responsibility
/edited by Peter White
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Oxford ;New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Oxford University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2005
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxiii, 242 p.
Other Physical Details
:ill. ;24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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The history of the biopsychosocial approach in medicine: before and after Engel / Edward Shorter -- The theoretical basis of the biopsychosocial model / Helge Malmgren -- Remediable or preventable social factors in the aetiology and prognosis of medical disorders / Michael Marmot -- Remediable or preventable psychological factors in the aetiology and prognosis of medical disorders / Andrew Steptoe -- The biopsychosocial approach: a note of caution / George Davey Smith -- Can neurobiology explain the relationship between stress and disease? / Stafford Lightman -- Fear and depression as remediable causes of disability in common medical conditions in primary care / Michael Von Korff -- How important is the biopsychosocial approach? Some examples from research / Jos Kleijnen -- Complementary and alternative medicine: shopping for health in post-modern times / Adrian Furnham -- A case of irritable bowel syndrome that illustrates the biopsychosocial model of illness / Doug Drossman -- Are the patient-centred and biopsychosocial approaches compatible? / Francis Creed -- What are the barriers to healthcare systems using a biopsychosocial approach,and how might they be overcome? / Kate Lorig -- Final discussion: how to overcome the barriers -- Beyond the biomedical to the biopsychosocial: integrated medicine / Peter White.