The social animal.
The social animal.
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DOI:
10.1037/002748
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发表时间:
1973-07
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通讯作者:
E. Aronson;Terri Gullickson
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作者:
E. Aronson;Terri Gullickson
Originally published in Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 1997, Vol 42(1), 54–55. Review of Caring for Patients: A Critique of the Medical Model by Allen B. Barbour (see record 1995-98066-000). The book consists of 18 chapters divided into three sections. Part I describes the basis of the author's alternative model, including chapters on the concept of disease, the notion of personal illness, and diagnostic strategies. Part II describes the emotional basis behind many physical symptoms, including a dense chapter on differential diagnosis of functional syndromes (difficult reading for a psychologist who is not familiar with medical terms). Part III describes issues and techniques in using this alternative model. The author, who died suddenly in 1993 at the age of 75, had many years of experience in patient care and teaching and is able to recount several case examples of the use of his alternative model. The book is well written and engaging, though it tends to be somewhat repetitive. The same ideas recur in different chapters in different contexts. Barbour's discussion of interviewing techniques is similar to material from a first course in interviewing skills; however, the book should be required reading for all first-year medical students to sensitize them to the relativity of medical diagnoses, interventions, and disease conceptualization. It could also profitably be used as an adjunctive text for courses in applied behavioral sciences that are sometimes part of medical school curricula. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)