The medical model is dead – long live the medical model

The medical model is dead – long live the medical model

Many people criticise, and psychiatrists apologise, for the use of the ‘medical model’. We examine what is currently meant by this term and suggest a refinement of definition to reflect the ideals and contemporary practice of medicine. We propose that psychiatrists should use the medical model to im...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of psychiatry 2007-11, Vol.191 (5), p.375-377
Hauptverfasser: Shah, Premal, Mountain, Deborah
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Attitude to Health
Disability
Editorials
Empowerment
Humans
Ideology
Intervention
Mental health
Models, Psychological
Neurosciences
Patients
People with disabilities
Physician-Patient Relations
Physicians
Professionals
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Psychiatry - trends
Psychophysiology
Psychosocial factors
Psychotherapy
Reductionism
Terminology as Topic
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Zusammenfassung:Many people criticise, and psychiatrists apologise, for the use of the ‘medical model’. We examine what is currently meant by this term and suggest a refinement of definition to reflect the ideals and contemporary practice of medicine. We propose that psychiatrists should use the medical model to improve and validate bio-psychosocial psychiatric medicine.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.107.037242