The Grand Inquisitor;Can patients cope with the freedom to think for themselves and accept responsibility for their own treatments or do they need a Grand Inquisitor to tell them precisely what to think and what to do?
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Holistic Medicine
- Vol. 5 (3-4) , 163-166
- https://doi.org/10.3109/13561829009043462
Abstract
The concept of disease is expanded from what is perceived as a purely physical entity through the broader biopsychosocial definition to the sense of disease meaning literally dis-ease or unease. The advantages and disadvantages of the different medical perceptions of disease are discussed, including the role of a doctor as priest or Grand Inquisitor, who does all the patient's thinking for him/her.Keywords
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