The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Disease New Philosophical and Scientific Developments /

'This is an incredibly audacious book. Derek Bolton and Grant Gillett brilliantly succeed in providing the big picture that was lacking in the defense of the biopsychosocial model promoted by Engel 40 years ago.' - Steeves Demazeux, Assistant Professor in philosophy, Bordeaux-Montaigne Uni...

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Main Authors: Bolton, Derek (Author), Gillett, Grant (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The biopsychosocial model: a diagnostic assessment
  • Ch. 1. Much invoked - but deeply flawed?
  • Ch.2. Locating the scientific and clinical content
  • Ch. 3 The core theory problem: biopsychosocial causal interactions
  • Ch. 4 The first step: updating the biomedical model
  • Part II. Core non-reductionist concepts in biology and biomedicine
  • Ch.5 Biology
  • Ch.6 Physicalism
  • Part III. Biology opens up to the BioPsychoSocial
  • Ch.7 The Biomedical Model opens up to the Biopsychosocial
  • Ch.8 The Psychological as Agency
  • Ch.9 Conditions of Agency
  • Ch.10 The socio-political : who gets to control what?
  • Ch.11 Biopsychosocial systems
  • Part IV. Biopsychosocial conditions of health and disease
  • Chapter 12. Conditions of biological, psychological and social life
  • Chapter 13. Biopsychosocial conceptualisation of health conditions
  • Chapter 14. Locating causes in biopsychosocial systems
  • Chapter 15. Compare and contrast physical and mental health conditions
  • Ch.16 Locating the Biopsychosocial Model.