Human factor in mental health and healing

• Main Authors: Khan, Umeed Ali, Ismail, Haji M., Musa, Ramli, Abdullah, Kartini, Ali, Syed Masroor, Helal Uddin, A.B.M.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/11047/1/ICAST_2010_%28_ID_102_%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/11047/2/Human_Factor_in_Mental_Health_and_Healing.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/11047/; http://www.iium.edu.my/icast/2010/

The medical discipline is considered to possess two components. Its first component is scientific in nature and the other is artistic. The latter pertains to the relationship between the doctor and patient. The importance of doctor-patient relationship is illustrated by the phrase that ‘the treatmen...