25/11/2011

Shakespeare helps doctors

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"Doctors should brush up on their Shakespeare to help improve their understanding of how the mind can affect the body, according to an unusual study.


[...] many doctors don't realise how many physical symptoms can be caused solely by psychological problems.


'Many doctors are reluctant to attribute physical symptoms to emotional disturbance, and this results in delayed diagnosis, over-investigation, and inappropriate treatment.


'They could learn to be better doctors by studying Shakespeare. This is important because the so-called functional symptoms are the leading cause of general practitioner visits and of referrals to specialists."


More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2065646/Reading-Shakespeare-helps-doctors-understand-patients-mental-state.html?ITO=1490




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