A philosophy for behavioral health integration in primary care.
In response to a call for a philosophy that transcends the professional boundaries that threaten behavioral health integration in primary care, this essay explores the thesis that such a philosophy exists in medicine's core purpose. Drawing on the work of Eric Cassell, a philosophy may be determined that melds the values, themes, and constructs of individual models for behavioral health integration in primary care toward a single, overriding purpose. Effecting such integration challenges current trends in medicine by refocusing medicine on its ethical core. (PsycINFO Database Record
Tacoma Family Medicine.
Thomas R
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Egnew
D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology