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Physicianship and the Rebirth of Medical Education by J. Donald Boudreau, Eric Cassell, Abraham Fuks is a health book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Physicianship and the Rebirth of Medical Education about?

This book reimagines medical education and reconstructs its design. It originates from a reappraisal of the goals of medicine and the nature of the relationship between doctor and patient. The educational blueprint outlined is called the "Physicianship Curriculum" and rests on two linchpins. First is a new definition of sickness: Patients know themselves to be ill when they cannot pursue their purposes and goals in life because of impairments in functioning. This perspective represents a bulwark against medical attention shifting from patients to diseases. The curriculum teaches about patients as functional persons, from their anatomy to their social selves, starting in the first days of the educational program and continuing throughout. Their teaching also rests on the rock-solid grounding of medicine in the sciences and scientific understandings of disease and function. The illness definition and knowledge base together create a foundation for authentic patient-centeredness. Second, the training of physicians depends on and culminates in development of a unique professional identity. This is grounded in the historical evolution of the profession, reaching back to Hippocrates. It

Who reads Physicianship and the Rebirth of Medical Education?

Author

J. Donald Boudreau, Eric Cassell, Abraham Fuks

Publisher

Oxford University Press, Incorporated

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199370818

Category

health

Subjects

Medical, Science, Medicine

Rating

5 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14