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Hypnosis offers a model of the importance of physician-patient interaction in health and illness. Hypnosis tends to be viewed as a “technique” and can highlight the power of therapeutic communication to biomedical physicians. This paper presents a six-hour workshop format through which medical students and house staff can acquire the rudiments of clinical hypnosis. Psychiatry can render a useful service to primary care medicine by making provisions for training in hypnosis in core psychiatric education.
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Kirmayer, L.J. Teaching Hypnosis To Medical Students: A Naturalistic Approach. Acad Psychiatry 8, 191–197 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03399930
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