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Edited by Peter White. 242 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 2005. $135 (cloth); $57.50 (paper). ISBN 0-19-853033-1 (cloth); 0-19-853034-X (paper).

Many physicians may not be aware of internist George Engel's early concept of the biopsychosocial medical model, but a British professor of psychological medicine, Peter White, has tried to remedy that in the book Biopsychosocial Medicine.

Engel proposed that material lesions, life experiences, and current social situations are relevant when it comes to understanding the presentation of medical illness. His vision was to integrate psychosocial issues into medical practice. You may ask, Don't physicians already do that? Perhaps some do, but it was Engel's contention that not enough of what physicians do in their daily practice extends the biomedical model . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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