Table 2.
Heuristic approaches for biopsychosocial care.
| Habits of mind (Epstein & Borrell-Carrió, 2005) | Seven pillars (Francesc Borrell-Carrió et al., 2004) | Three dicta(Freudenreich et al., 2010) |
|---|---|---|
| •Attentiveness •Peripheral vision •Curiosity •Informed flexibility |
•Self-awareness •Active cultivation of trust •Empathic curiosity •Self-calibration to reduce bias •Educating the emotions •Using informed intuition •Communicating clinical evidence to foster dialogue |
•Think neuro-anatomically •Think existentially •Think “dirty” (i.e., “ … understand that patients and physicians sometimes work toward different goals”.) |