Clinical Inertia : A Critique of Medical Reason / / by Gérard Reach |
Autore | Reach Gérard |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
Disciplina |
306
610 610.1 613 614 |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine
Public health Medicine—Philosophy Quality of life Medicine/Public Health, general Public Health Philosophy of Medicine Quality of Life Research |
ISBN | 3-319-09882-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Definitions -- The Evidence: The Gap Between Clinical Guidelines and Reality -- Determinants and Explanatory Models of Clinical Inertia -- The Doctor and Evidence-Based Medicine -- To Do or Not to Do: A Critique of Medical Reason -- Fighting Against True Clinical Inertia -- Conclusion: Time for Medical Reason -- References. |
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The Mental Mechanisms of Patient Adherence to Long-Term Therapies : Mind and Care / / by Gérard Reach |
Autore | Reach Gérard |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina |
10
174.2 610.1 |
Collana | Philosophy and Medicine |
Soggetto topico |
Medicine—Philosophy
Medical ethics Philosophy of Medicine Theory of Medicine/Bioethics |
ISBN | 3-319-12265-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction: The doctor, her patient, and their reasons -- 1. Adherence and nonadherence to therapies: A definition -- 2. Nonadherence: How frequent is it? -- 3. The consequences of nonadherence -- 4. Scope of the book -- 5. Some simple explanations for nonadherence -- 6. A typology of adherence? Analogous or homologous phenomena -- 7. The real question -- 8. From behavior to action -- 9. A philosophical interpretation of adherence to long-term therapies -- 2 The classic view: -- 1. Determinants of nonadherence to long-term therapies 2 -- Behavioral models of patient adherence -- 3. Limitations of psychological models -- 4. A new perspective -- 5.Psychology and philosophy, in search of mental mechanisms -- 6. Observation and explanation -- 7. Patient and agent -- 3 Intentionality -- 1. What is ‘in your head’ -- 2. A mental puzzle and its formation -- 3. Actions: A causal theory -- 4 An intentionalist model of adherence -- 1. Therapeutic agency -- 2. An intentionalist model of adherence -- 3. The pivotal role of emotions in patient adherence -- 4. Bringing action into play: Volition -- 5 The dynamics of intentionality -- 1. Motivational force -- 2. Self-control -- 3. The force of habit -- 4. Intention, decision, and willpower -- 5. The dynamics of intentionality -- 6 Medical irrationality -- 1. Akrasia -- 2. Patient nonadherence as a case of akrasia -- 3. Another example of irrationality: The denial of illness -- 4. Logical mechanisms of irrationality -- 7 Time and adherence: A principle of foresight -- 1. The effect of time -- 2. The principle of foresight -- 3. The appearance of adherence -- 4. A physiopathological point of view -- 5. A top-down model of adherence -- 8 An intentionalist account of doctor-patient relationship and biomedical ethics -- 1. Philosophical analysis of doctor-patient relationship -- 2. The principle of charity -- 3. Adherence and autonomy -- 9 Doctors’ clinical inertia as myopia -- 1. Clinical inertia: Definition and logical description -- 2. Empirical evidence: The paradigm case of psychological insulin resistance -- 3. Empathy and sympathy -- 4. The paradox of empathy in medical care -- 5. Another conception of sympathy -- 6. Care, sympathy, beneficence, and love -- 7. Care as a special form of sympathy -- 8. The respective values of immediacy and future -- 9. Empathy, sympathy, and the ethical dynamics of the pa-tient-doctor relationship -- 10. A model of chronic care involving patient education and trust -- 11. Conclusion: Mind and Care -- 10 Conclusion: Adherence Generalized -- 1. A choice between two actions -- 2. Generalization of the problem -- 3. Defining adherence by its explanation -- 4. Eros and Thanatos. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483073103321 |
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