• Patient Prefer Adher · Jan 2016

    Simplistic and complex thought in medicine: the rationale for a person-centered care model as a medical revolution.

    • Gérard Reach.
    • Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Avicenne Hospital AP-HP, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France; EA 3412, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine Ile-de-France (CRNH-IDF), Paris 13 University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France.
    • Patient Prefer Adher. 2016 Jan 1; 10: 449457449-57.

    AbstractAccording to the concept developed by Thomas Kuhn, a scientific revolution occurs when scientists encounter a crisis due to the observation of anomalies that cannot be explained by the generally accepted paradigm within which scientific progress has thereto been made: a scientific revolution can therefore be described as a change in paradigm aimed at solving a crisis. Described herein is an application of this concept to the medical realm, starting from the reflection that during the past decades, the medical community has encountered two anomalies that, by their frequency and consequences, represent a crisis in the system, as they deeply jeopardize the efficiency of care: nonadherence of patients who do not follow the prescriptions of their doctors, and clinical inertia of doctors who do not comply with good practice guidelines. It is proposed that these phenomena are caused by a contrast between, on the one hand, the complex thought of patients and doctors that sometimes escapes rationalization, and on the other hand, the simplification imposed by the current paradigm of medicine dominated by the technical rationality of evidence-based medicine. It is suggested therefore that this crisis must provoke a change in paradigm, inventing a new model of care defined by an ability to take again into account, on an individual basis, the complex thought of patients and doctors. If this overall analysis is correct, such a person-centered care model should represent a solution to the two problems of patients' nonadherence and doctors' clinical inertia, as it tackles their cause. These considerations may have important implications for the teaching and the practice of medicine.

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