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Metacognition and Medical Humanities in Medical Education : The Missing Link in Medical Thinking / by Gabriela-Paula Florea.
Springer Nature - Springer Medicine (R0) eBooks 2025 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Florea, Gabriela-Paula.
- Series:
- New Paradigms in Healthcare, 2731-3255
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social medicine.
- Family medicine.
- Medicine and the humanities.
- Health, Medicine and Society.
- General Practice and Family Medicine.
- Medical Humanities.
- Local Subjects:
- Health, Medicine and Society.
- General Practice and Family Medicine.
- Medical Humanities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (243 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.
- Summary:
- This book offers a pioneering interdisciplinary exploration into the role of metacognition in medical education and practice, focusing on transforming the doctor-patient relationship through cognitive, metacognitive, and humanistic approaches. It provides critical insights into how metacognitive strategies can enhance communication, empathy, and decision-making in clinical settings, thereby improving patient outcomes, healthcare quality, and burnout syndrome prevention among healthcare practitioners. The main topics covered in the book include the analysis of traditional and contemporary models of medical practice, the cognitive dynamics between healthcare providers and patients, and the integration of metacognitive training in medical education and practice. The volume delves into the philosophical underpinnings of medical practice, comparing biomedical and biopsychosocial models while promoting a more nuanced, relationship-centered approach that considers individual belief systems and psychological needs. This book advocates for a shift in mentalities rather than a paradigm shift. These topics are not just important; they are crucial as they address the ongoing quality-of-care crisis in healthcare systems worldwide. By focusing on metacognition, the book highlights the importance of self-awareness, reflection, and critical thinking in medical practice. It challenges conventional paternalistic models by promoting a collaborative, humanistic approach that values the doctor-patient relationship as a dynamic, interdependent process.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Gaps in Understanding the Doctor-Patient Relationship.- A Semantic Relationism Approach to Doctor-Patient Relationship.- Bench and Bedside Medicine: A One-Way Contamination
- Should Mentality Overpass Paradigms in Medicine?
- Extended Mind Theory and the Doctor-Patient Relationship
- Placebo: Evidence of the Patient’s Extended Mind
- Metacognition from A to Z And Its Relevance in Medicine
- Metacognitive Implications on Physiological Disorders
- Particular Cases of Metacognitive Processing in Medicine
- Medical Humanities and Metacognition: Modern Medicine’s Missing Links.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 3-032-01070-5
- OCLC:
- 1534812097
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