Commentary: patient well-being and individual outcomes in the medical practice: impulses from philosophy

Commentary: patient well-being and individual outcomes in the medical practice: impulses from philosophy

Abstract In an everyday private practice setting, regularly also existential topics will emerge from doctor-patient encounters. These are often questions of coping with life and lifestyle. To enable a thorough discussion of such topics, an implicit, and sometimes also explicit reference to a philoso...

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Main Authors: Gernot Rüter, Thomas Fröhlich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
Subjects:
Existential issues
Doctor-patient relationship
Philosophical concepts
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13010-019-0071-x
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spelling doaj-13d21bbd10ee402f8b2969cf3bd9de592020-11-25T01:26:17ZengBMCPhilosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine1747-53412019-01-011411710.1186/s13010-019-0071-xCommentary: patient well-being and individual outcomes in the medical practice: impulses from philosophyGernot Rüter0Thomas Fröhlich1General Practitioner Private PracticePaediatric Private PracticeAbstract In an everyday private practice setting, regularly also existential topics will emerge from doctor-patient encounters. These are often questions of coping with life and lifestyle. To enable a thorough discussion of such topics, an implicit, and sometimes also explicit reference to a philosophical background is needed. Philosophical concepts to be used in this realm are discussed. An individual patient-doctor interaction is used as an example to demonstrate the doctor’s choice of hermeneutical and phenomenological philosophical concepts.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13010-019-0071-xExistential issuesDoctor-patient relationshipPhilosophical concepts
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Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
Existential issues
Doctor-patient relationship
Philosophical concepts
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Thomas Fröhlich
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title Commentary: patient well-being and individual outcomes in the medical practice: impulses from philosophy
title_short Commentary: patient well-being and individual outcomes in the medical practice: impulses from philosophy
title_full Commentary: patient well-being and individual outcomes in the medical practice: impulses from philosophy
title_fullStr Commentary: patient well-being and individual outcomes in the medical practice: impulses from philosophy
title_full_unstemmed Commentary: patient well-being and individual outcomes in the medical practice: impulses from philosophy
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series Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
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publishDate 2019-01-01
description Abstract In an everyday private practice setting, regularly also existential topics will emerge from doctor-patient encounters. These are often questions of coping with life and lifestyle. To enable a thorough discussion of such topics, an implicit, and sometimes also explicit reference to a philosophical background is needed. Philosophical concepts to be used in this realm are discussed. An individual patient-doctor interaction is used as an example to demonstrate the doctor’s choice of hermeneutical and phenomenological philosophical concepts.
topic Existential issues
Doctor-patient relationship
Philosophical concepts
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13010-019-0071-x
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