Toward an Integrated Medicine: Classics from Psychosomatic Medicine, 1959-1979 [Hardcover]

Ann Maxwell Edward (Editor), Joel E. Dimsdale (Editor), Bernard T. Engel (Editor), Don R. Lipsitt (Editor), Donald Oken (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1995

Toward an Integrated Medicine: Classics From Psychosomatic Medicine, 1959Â1979, includes 19 seminal, excellent articles published between 1959 and 1979 selected for inclusion here by the American Psychosomatic Society Publications Committee. These articles were chosen based on their merit, importance for the field, and excellent argumentation and because they are a springboard to further research. This book is a useful reference for graduate students, medical students, residents, and faculty in psychiatry, psychology, behavioral science, and other fields studying mind-body aspects of health and behavior.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"For all those looking to understand the field, and also respectful of its legacy, this is a valuable book. It is easy to see this tidy volume regularly plucked for the bookshelves of teachers and mentors in psychosomatic medicine to stimulate and encourage the next generation of searchers."-- "General Hospital Psychiatry"

About the Author

The essential mission of the American Psychosomatic Society is to promote and advance the scientific understanding of the interrelationships among biological, psychological, social, and behavioral factors in human health and disease. To integrate the fields of science that separately examine each, and to foster the application of this understanding in education and improved health care.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 429 pages
• Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub; 1 edition (January 15, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880487275
• ISBN-13: 978-0880487276
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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