Anthropology and medicine

J. M. Schmidt

doi:10.1016/S0007-0785(05)80699-4

British Homeopathic Journal, Table of Contents

Br Homeopath J 1993; 82(04): 288-296
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-0785(05)80699-4

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The image of man in different therapeutic approaches

J. M. Schmidt

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Abstract

Fundamental reflections on anthropology in medicine lead on to the image of man on which modern, science-orientated medicine is based, followed by that which underlies homœopathy. Hahnemann's concept of man is considered before elucidating the characteristics and differences between the two approaches and their particular position in the theory of medicine. The strict positivism of science essentially reduces the image of man, whilst the teleological approach, renouncing any claim to be able to investigate life itself, permits a phenomenological recognition of man in all his dimensions.

Key Words

Anthropology - Medicine - Science - Teleology - Phenomenology - Homœopathy - Hahnemann

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