Doctor His Patient and the Illness

The General Problem; the patient's offers and the doctor's responses; elimination by appropriate physical examinations; incidence and evaluation of neurotic symptoms; level of diagnosis; the collusion of anonymity; the general practitioner and his consultants; the perpetuation of the teacher-pupil relationship; advice and reassurance; "How to Start"; "When to Stop"; the special psychological atmosphere of general practice, the general practitioner as psychotherapist; the patient and his illness; training.Balint, Michael is the author of 'Doctor His Patient and the Illness' with ISBN 9780823613809 and ISBN 0823613801.