title: ["In the beginning was the word...": language and medicine].
abstract: The attempt to thoroughly comprehend words used in medicine inevitably leads into the prophetic maelstrom of the poet. In psychotherapy and medicine attempts are made to heal or alleviate suffering through the concrete relationship between two people. Substantial support is achieved by the occupation with questions of religion, art and literature and to attain the necessary caution with the knowledge of how difficult it is to put feelings into words, especially at the sickbed.
authors.affiliation: praxis@mettnitzer.at
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mettnitzer
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008511:Medicine; D011613:Psychotherapy; D009626:Terminology as Topic