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The medical model is dead: long live the medical model
- Authors:
- SHAH Premal, MOUNTAIN Deborah
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 191(11), November 2007, pp.375-377.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Many people criticise, and psychiatrists apologise, for the use of the ‘medical model’. The authors examine what is currently meant by this term and suggest a refinement of definition to reflect the ideals and contemporary practice of medicine. They propose that psychiatrists should use the medical model to improve and validate bio-psychosocial psychiatric medicine.