The mechanical patient : finding a more human model of health /

The mechanical patient : finding a more human model of health /

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Healthcare is very much dependent on the model of the patient that is assumed by healthcare providers. The current model derives from a chemical/mechanical view of the patient body. Simply put: we are healthy if all of our mechanical parts are working properly and if all of the chemicals in our body...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Glouberman, Sholom (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor and Francis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : Productivity Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management.
Business, Management and Accounting.
Health > History.
Health.
Medicine > Philosophy.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference.
MEDICAL / Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL / Atlases.
MEDICAL / Essays.
MEDICAL / Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL / Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL / Osteopathy.
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Table of Contents:
  • chapter 1 Introduction
  • chapter 2 Aristotle and a Good Life
  • chapter 3 Galen’s Four Humors: The First Medical Model
  • chapter 4 The Renaissance and Roots of the Mechanical Patient
  • chapter 5 Robert Boyle: The First Mechanical Patient
  • chapter 6 The Story of Scurvy and the First Failed Controlled Trial
  • chapter 7 Surgery and the Mechanical Patient
  • chapter 8 Medicine and the Chemical Patient
  • chapter 9 Genetics and the Return of Individualized Medicine
  • chapter 10 The Great Mortality Shift
  • chapter 11 Humanizing Health: The Social/Relational Person.

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