Towards non-reductionistic medical anthropology, medical education and practitioner-patient-interaction: The example of Anthroposophic Medicine

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 455-460

  Heusser, Peter ^a   Scheffer, Christian ^a   Neumann, Melanie ^a   Tauschel, Diethart ^a   Edelhäuser, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthroposophic Medicine; Communication; Complementary and alternative medicine; Conventional medicine; Education; Empathy; Health care; Holism; Medical anthropology; Patient satisfaction; Reductionism

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; EPISTEMOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; ANTHROPOSOPHY; COMMUNICATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMPATHY; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84870298298     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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