Humanistic Approaches to Medical Practice

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Humanities; Social interaction; academic performance; accidents; adult; aging; appointments and schedules; asthma; asthma therapy; attitude; avoidance learning; behavioral problems; body image; body mass index; Borderline Personality Disorder; cardiovascular disease; communication; complaints; continuing education; contraception; COVID-19 pandemic; dental medical students' opinion; dependency; depression; disability; doctor; domestic violence; embodiment; empathy; employment; exercise; fear; fear of COVID 19; fearfulness; Framingham risk score; general practice; HAART; head and neck cancer; health status; healthcare; HIV; humanism; institutional characteristics; interventions; length of the visit; lifestyle; medical education; medical malpractice; medical practice; medicine; metabolic syndrome; neck pain; obsessive-compulsive symptoms; obstetrics and gynecology; pandemics; patient attitudes; patient behaviour; patient satisfaction; perfectionism; physical health; physician-patient relationship; physicians; pregnancy; primary care; professional characteristics; psycho-emotional moods; psychosocial; psychosomatic symptoms; quality of life; Romania; SARS-CoV-2; self-esteem; severe asthma; sex education; sexual health; sexually transmitted diseases; social network; socio-demographic characteristics; stress; students; teenage pregnancy; teenager; workplace
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (178 p.)
• ISBN: 9783036555638; 9783036555645; books978-3-0365-5563-8
• Access: Open Access

Medical practice is a mixture of science and art, technique and humanism. The importance of human beings is more obvious in medicine than in any other field. At the center of medical care is the patient, and at its base and that of the entire medical system is the relationship that is established between the patient and the medical staff. Overspecialization is a big component of modern medicine, with professionals working in increasingly narrow fields, which makes patients routinely treated by multidisciplinary teams. This draws attention to the importance of appropriate relationships between members of the medical team for the success of the therapeutic approach. In the context of technological progress in medicine, the need to relate to the humanistic values of the medical profession and the complexity of the medical act in which technical aspects are intertwined with cultural, ethical, legal, psychological, and sociological issues becomes increasingly clear. This Special Issue is dedicated to the humanistic values of medical practice. It includes articles that approach various aspects of the so-called humanistic medicine, drawing a picture of what contemporary medicine should strive for.