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Separation–Attachment Theory in Illness and the Role of the Healthcare Practitioner

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In an important book titled Health Wars: On the Global Front Lines of Modern Medicine, Richard Horton, physician editor of the Lancet, focuses on the crisis in clinical medicine and the patient–doctor relationship today [1]. Horton makes the point that modern medicine, while continuing to push its scientific frontiers, must remain true to its roots in the relationship of trust between the patient and the doctor.

Associate Chief of Psychiatry, Director, Division of Psychiatry and Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Warren 615, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA

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Fricchione, G. (2011). Separation–Attachment Theory in Illness and the Role of the Healthcare Practitioner. In: Hutchinson, T. (eds) Whole Person Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9440-0_5

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