A Philosophy for Behavioral Health Integration in Primary Care

作者：Egnew Thomas R^*

来源：Families, Systems and Health, 2017, 35(1): 18-20.

DOI：10.1037/fsh0000254

• behavioral health
• primary care
• suffering

In response to a call for a philosophy that transcends the professional boundaries that threaten behavioral health integration in primary care, this essay explores the thesis that such a philosophy exists in medicine's core purpose. Drawing on the work of Eric Cassell, a philosophy may be determined that melds the values, themes, and constructs of individual models for behavioral health integration in primary care toward a single, overriding purpose. Effecting such integration challenges current trends in medicine by refocusing medicine on its ethical core.

• 出版日期2017-3