George l. engel + biography
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The Roots of Psychosomatic Medicine II: George L. Engel
Objective: The purpose of this article is to examine and appreciate the contributions of George Libman Engel, MD, to psychosomatic medicine.
Conclusion: Engel was a prolific researcher, medical educator, and writer who championed the biopsychosocial model, which has been widely embraced and practiced in psychiatry and medicine to this day. In the late 1970s, when Engel published his seminal article on the biopsychosocial model, the dominant model of medicine was still the biomedical model. This model considered the most important and scientifically sound aspects of patient history to be those that could be easily quantified, such as laboratory values. The biomedical model left no room for the psychosocial aspects, such as the patient's relationships and social status, to be integrated into patient care. Though many had expressed dissatisfaction with the biomedical model and suspected that it was too 1 dimensional t
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George L. Engel
American internist and psychiatrist (1913–1999)
George Libman Engel (December 10, 1913 – November 26, 1999) was an American psychiatrist and internist who, along with his colleague John Romano, was instrumental in developing and teaching psychosomatic medicin at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York.[1][2][3] He is best known for his formulation of the biopsychosocial model, a general theory of illness and healing.[4]
History
[edit]Early life
[edit]Engel was born in New York City in 1913.[5] He completed his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Dartmouth College in 1934. In the same year, he entered Johns Hopkins University School of medicin in Baltimore, Maryland to study medicin. He received his medical degree in 1938.[6]
Academic career
[edit]Engel began his academic journey at Dartmouth by majoring in chemistry and received his undergraduate degree in 193
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John Romano and George Engel
Historical biography of Drs. John Romano and George Engel, pioneers of mind-body medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
John Romano and George Engel: Their Lives and Work is a historical biography of two distinguished physicians who were members of the University of Rochester's medical school faculty from 1946 until their deaths in the 1990s. The authors here narrate the personal histories of these two figures from their births through their medical education and postgraduate training and their activities as members of the faculties at Harvard and Cincinnati before they came to Rochester.
For each phase of their lives and work, the book explores those factors -- family influences, mentors, institutional and other forces -- that shaped the development of their philosophies of medical education and their views regarding the care of the sick. The book also examines in detail those factors that led Romano and Engel to Rochester, their