title: [Patients in (post)modern society--does psychosomatic medicine still have concrete foundations?].
abstract: The paper describes the scientific development psychosomatic medicine has undergone in the last decades, as well as the politically induced changes in the German Health Care system. In three future scenarios the dangers of a) biological and b) voluntaristic schools of thought are presented along with the c) consequences of ecological destruction and economic power. The increasing trend for psychosomatic medicine to use salutogenetic models is discussed as a feasible approach for the prevention of fear-provoking perspectives.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Franke
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000639:trends; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011057:Politics; D011611:Psychosomatic Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D012803:Sick Role; D012922:Social Change
vernacular_title: Kranke in der (post)modernen Gesellschaft--Hat die Psychosomatische Medizin noch Bodenhaftung?