Dilemmas of Contemporary Medicine
This essay comprises of three parts. The first one, entitled „Medicine - only science, or also art?” presents four main steps of the biomedical science, namely basic research, preclinical studies (translational medicine), clinical studies and finally medical practice – evidence based medicine (E...
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| Language: | deu |
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe Chrześcijańskiej Akademii Teologicznej w Warszawie (Scientific Publishing House of the Christian Academy of Theology in Warsaw)
2021-10-01
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| Series: | Studia z Teorii Wychowania |
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| Online Access: | http://sztw.chat.edu.pl/gicid/01.3001.0015.4823 |
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| Summary: | This essay comprises of three parts. The first one, entitled „Medicine - only science, or also art?” presents four main steps of the biomedical science, namely basic research, preclinical studies (translational medicine), clinical studies and finally medical practice – evidence based medicine (EBM). Further, the existence of the „medical art” was discussed. The author defines the „medical art” as the interpersonal relation of a physician and his patient, including not only professional ability of the physician, but also the deep conviction of the patient of the engagement of the physician in their health problems. The second part, entitled „Dehumanization of contemporary medicine: - causes and contractions „discusses the causes of dehumanization of contemporary medicine and possible methods of preventing this situation The causes can be divided into external, associated with the environment, of the contemporary civilization and internal. which constitute unwanted side effects of the rapid progress. The latter include reductionist thinking and axiological neutrality typical to natural sciences, the increased impact of technology and excessive specialization. combined with the poor coordination of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Possible preventive measures include a change in the model of medical education consisting, for instance, of the inclusion of humanistic elements and a more holistic view of the patient as well as the change in the health care model. The diagnosis and treatment would be coordinated by a primary health care doctor. The third part of this article discusses some undesired sides of the rapid progress in medicine. Although this rapid progress is obviously a very positive process, numerous negative „side effects” could not be avoided such as increasing costs of health care, application of the medical procedures to healthy subjects without the real medical indications and unsufficient ethical reflection on the medical procedures. |
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| ISSN: | 2083-0998 2719-4078 |