The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disease New Philosophical an
‘This is an incredibly audacious book. Derek Bolton and Grant Gillett brilliantly succeed in providing the big picture that was lacking in the defense of the biopsychosocial model promoted by Engel 40 years ago.’ - Steeves Demazeux, Assistant Profes
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New Philosophical and Scientific Developments Derek Bolton Grant Gillett
The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disease
Derek Bolton · Grant Gillett
The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disease New Philosophical and Scientific Developments
Derek Bolton Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Division of Psychology & Systems Sciences King’s College London London, UK
Grant Gillett Bioethics Centre, Division of Health Sciences University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand
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Preface
The problem area of this essay is set within a broad trend of increasing recognition that crossdisciplinary approaches are needed for addressing the aetiology, prevention and management of diseases. The recognition of this need goes by the name of the ‘biopsychosocial model’, originally proposed by the physician and psychoanalyst George Engel in a paper published in 1977. By now, some 40 years on, the model has a reasonable claim to be the overarching framework for medi
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