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Positive medicine : disrupting the future of medical practice / David Beaumont.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beaumont, David (Medical doctor), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holisitc medicine.
- Health.
- Self-care, Health.
- Medical care--Philosophy.
- Medical care.
- Medical care--Data processing.
- Physician and patient.
- Māori (New Zealand people)--Medicine.
- Māori (New Zealand people).
- Traditional medicine--New Zealand.
- Traditional medicine.
- Holistic Health.
- Physician-Patient Relations.
- Self Care.
- Maori People.
- Medicine, Traditional.
- Medical Subjects:
- Holistic Health.
- Physician-Patient Relations.
- Self Care.
- Health.
- Maori People.
- Medicine, Traditional.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 182 pages).
- Other Title:
- Disrupting the future of medical practice
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Doctor becomes patient
- There's something wrong
- The art of medicine
- Wast are 'health and wellbeing'?
- Disability, chronic pain, and medically unexplained symptoms
- Why should health and wellbeing matter to doctors?
- How to reclaim your life
- Physical health-Te Taha Tinana
- Psychological health-Te Taha Hinengaro
- Emotional health-Te Taha Whānau
- Spiritual health-Te Taha Wairua
- Epilogue: a response to Ivan Illich
- Appendix 1. Rehabilitation and retention in the workplace-the interaction between general practitioners and occupational health professionals: a consensus statement
- Appendix 2. Consensus statement on the health benefits of good work.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-265977-4
- 0-19-193745-2
- 0-19-265976-6
- OCLC:
- 1259593805
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