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The Doctor-Patient Relationship Revisited. An Analysis Of The Placebo Effect., Herbert M. Adler, Md, Van B. Hammett. Md
The Doctor-Patient Relationship Revisited. An Analysis Of The Placebo Effect., Herbert M. Adler, Md, Van B. Hammett. Md
Herbert M. Adler
An overview of prescientific medicine, evolution, and individual human development is presented in an attempt to discover the generic factors operating in all interpersonal therapies. We hypothesize that the placebo effect rests on the universal human need for a group and, by symbolic extension, a system.
Might A Psychosocial Approach Improve Our Understanding Of Itching And Scratching?, Herbert M. Adler
Might A Psychosocial Approach Improve Our Understanding Of Itching And Scratching?, Herbert M. Adler
Herbert M. Adler
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The Sociophysiology Of Caring In The Doctor-Patient Relationship, Herbert M. Adler
The Sociophysiology Of Caring In The Doctor-Patient Relationship, Herbert M. Adler
Herbert M. Adler
The emotional investment required to construct a caring doctor-patient relationship can be justified on humane grounds. Can it also be justified as a direct physiologic intervention? Two lines of evidence point in this direction. People in an empathic relationship exhibit a correlation of indicators of autonomic activity. This occurs between speakers and responsive listeners, members of a coherent group, and bonded pairs of higher social animals. Furthermore, the experience of feeling cared about in a relationship reduces the secretion of stress hormones and shifts the neuroendocrine system toward homeostasis. Because the social engagement of emotions is simultaneously the social engagement …