Pathways to the doctor—From person to patient
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TL;DR
This brief essay describes a central problem in the understanding of the patient and his environment and the difficulties inherent in studying this problem and the insights from psychiatry and anthropology which made its investigation possible.
Abstract
In this brief essay, I would like to accomplish several goals; the description of (1) a central problem in the understanding of the patient and his environment, (2) the difficulties inherent in studying this problem, (3) the insights from psychiatry and anthropology which made its investigation possible and (4) the first of a series of studies which ultimately was spawned out of a consideration of items 1, 2 and 3 [1].