Crisis of the clinical method
This is an opinion paper. The author identifies an universal crisis of the clinical method, with dangerous consequences in the practice of medicine. Among its main causes, there are discussed: a deterioration in the doctor-patient relationship, the undervaluation of clinics, the overvaluation of tec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Medisur |
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| Online Access: | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/1316 |
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| Summary: | This is an opinion paper. The author identifies an universal crisis of the clinical method, with dangerous consequences in the practice of medicine. Among its main causes, there are discussed: a deterioration in the doctor-patient relationship, the undervaluation of clinics, the overvaluation of technology, and the indifference for general medicine. A call for attention is made for the restoration of clinical method values and to permanent seed its principles in all medical students and young doctors. |
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| ISSN: | 1727-897X |