Social Aspects of Peptic Ulcer

Medical aspects of chronic peptic ulcer.

General Considerations Few diseases, whether from their frequency of incidence or their difficulties in treatment, can claim a more rightful place in medical attention than peptic ulcer, a comment applying with equal force to physician and to surgeon, and to hospital as well as to general practice. Figures of hospital emergency admissions show few conditions more demanding on the medical side t...

Peptic Ulcer: Clinical Aspects, Diagnosis, Management

Peptic Ulcer

Peptic Ulcer

The conventional biomedical model used for medical research and disease management is a linear model in which the cause-effect relationship is important. In contrast, the model used in psychosomatic medicine is a bio-psychosocial model in which much importance is attached to interactions and relationships among various factors, as well as to the individuality of the patients. When peptic ulcer ...

Peptic Ulcer