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[Psychosomatic gynaecology or gynaecology and psychosomatics?]
1Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75018, Paris, France. lachowsky@aol.com
Abstract:
Such an interrogation might well seem vain or even absurd, although one cannot deny that it does mean a different vision of medicine, if not an entirely different conception of it. Considering the sick person as a whole and not only the sickness of one organ means practicing a true holistic approach, far from a limited somatic medicine addressing the psyche only in case of failure, as a last resort. Rather than artificially applying to the soma some would-be psychological recipes, let us try and take up that bet: a simultaneous use, in time and space, of body and mind medicine. Psychosomatic gynaecology certainly requires will and training, disponibility and curiosity, but it might well be the best protection against boredom and routine, as well as a true source of pleasure. Can such a satisfying way of practicing our art be anything else than a bonus for our patients?
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