The Need for a New Medical Model: A Challenge for Biomedicine

1 January 1989

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Holistic Medicine

Vol. 4 (1) , 37-53
https://doi.org/10.3109/13561828909043606

Abstract

The dominant model of disease today is biomedical, and it leaves no room within its framework for the social, psychological, and behavioral dimensions of illness. A biopsychosocial model is proposed that provides a blueprint for research, a framework for teaching, and a design for action in the real world of health care.

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