The New Old (and Old New) Medical Model: Four Decades Navigating the Biomedical and Psychosocial Understandings of Health and Illness
The importance of how disease and illness are conceptualised lies in the fact that such definition is paramount to understand the boundaries and scope of responsibility associated with medical work. In this paper, we aim to provide an overview of the interplay of these understandings in shaping the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-11-01
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Series: | Healthcare |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/5/4/88 |