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The harms done by the biopsychosocial model of ME

Letter in response to: Chronic fatigue syndrome: is the biopsychosocial model responsible for patient dissatisfaction and harm?, by John Peters, patient, 31 July 2016 Geraghty & Esmail are right to draw attention to the harm done to the doctor-patient relationship … Continue reading

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CFS – is the biopsychosocial model responsible for patient dissatisfaction and harm?

Article extracts: In 1977 George Engel wrote about the need for an ‘integrated approach’ in medicine that moved the focus beyond biological mechanisms of disease to include all pertinent aspects of illness presentation, setting out a ‘biopsychosocial model’.1 Around the … Continue reading

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