Positive medicine : disrupting the future of medical practice /
Doctors are still trained to practise to a deficit model of medicine. This book proposes an abundance model that takes the best of health and wellbeing practices, and considers all four aspects of the individual - physical and mental, emotional and spiritual. In Positive Medicine, Beaumont's di...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2021.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Doctors are still trained to practise to a deficit model of medicine. This book proposes an abundance model that takes the best of health and wellbeing practices, and considers all four aspects of the individual - physical and mental, emotional and spiritual. In Positive Medicine, Beaumont's disruptive approach takes up the challenge posed by Ivan Illich in Medical Nemesis nearly fifty years ago. He proposes a new relationship between people and their doctors, fostering self-efficacy so that people can be empowered to manage their own health and live happier, healthier lives. The book proposes a new relationship between people and their doctors, fostering self-efficacy so that people can be empowered to manage their own health and live happier, healthier lives. It gives practical advice and provides an accessible, challenging, thought-provoking view of how medical practice needs to change to become person focused. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 182 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780192659767 0192659766 9780191937453 0191937452 |