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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Main Author: Miguel Moreno Rodríguez
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2010-12-01
Series:Medisur
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Online Access:http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/1316
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description 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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spelling doaj-art-aba68268a9f049b4b6324fee991128f32025-01-30T21:28:42ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2010-12-01853640636Crisis of the clinical methodMiguel Moreno Rodríguez0Hospital Militar Central "Carlos J Finlay", Ave. 31 y calle 114, Marianao, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.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.http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/1316método clínicocrisis del métodorelación médico-pacientetecnología médica
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crisis del método
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tecnología médica
title Crisis of the clinical method
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title_short Crisis of the clinical method
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crisis del método
relación médico-paciente
tecnología médica
url http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/1316
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