Abstract
Our patients often carry heavy burdens into the examination room. With our standard questioning, we medically divide and define them into recognizable parts, but as pieces of a whole they resist healing. Can we regain a vision of health beyond the isolated individual to one who might belong to a larger community of concern?
MeSH terms
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Adaptation, Psychological
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Attitude of Health Personnel
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Family Practice / trends*
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Female
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Forecasting
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Health Care Reform / trends
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Humans
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Middle Aged
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Pain / psychology*
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Pain Management*
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Patient Satisfaction
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Physician-Patient Relations*
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Primary Health Care / trends*
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Sick Role*
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Social Conditions*
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Social Environment
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Treatment Failure
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Uncompensated Care / trends*
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United States