The medical model is dead--long live the medical model.
Many people criticise, and psychiatrists apologise, for the use of the 'medical model'. We examine what is currently meant by this term and suggest a refinement of definition to reflect the ideals and contemporary practice of medicine. We propose that psychiatrists should use the medical model to improve and validate bio-psychosocial psychiatric medicine.
Shah
Premal
P
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Terrace, Edinburgh, UK. premal.shah@lpct.scot.nhs.uk
Mountain
Deborah
D
D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000639:trends*; D011603:Psychophysiology; D009626:Terminology as Topic