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Hypnosis: Medicine's Dirty Word

Pages 113-122 | Published online: 21 Sep 2011
 

Abstract

This paper attempts to understand the relationship between the clinical efficacy of hypnosis and its negative perception among many medical educators, practitioners and the general public. By exploring the history of hypnosis, an attempt was made to point out several events that may have led to both the past and current misperception of hypnosis which the author believes have caused hypnosis to become “medicine's dirty word.”

Hypnose: un mot tabou en médecine

Cet article vise à comprendre la relation entre l'efficacité clinique de l'hypnose et sa perception négative dans le monde médical et dans le grand public. En explorant l'histoire de l'hypnose, l'auteur a tenté de mettre en relief quelques événements qui peuvent avoir conduit à une perception erronée de l'hypnose, A la fois dans le passé et encore actuellement, l'auteur estime que ce peuvent être les causes qui ont conduit l'hypnose à être considérée comme un mot tabou en médecine.

Hypnose: ein Schimpfwort in der Medizin

In dieser Arbeit wird der Versuch unternommen, die Beziehung zwischen der klinischen Wirksamkeit der Hypnose und ihrer negativen Wahrnehmung in der medizinischen Lehre, bei den Anwendern und in der breiten Öffentlichkeit zu verstehen.

Bei der Untersuchung der Geschichte der Hypnose wurden mehrere Ereignisse aufgezeigt, die möglicherweise in der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart zu einer Fehlwahrnehmung der Hypnose geführt haben könnten; der Autor glaubt, dass diese ausschlaggebend dafür sind, dass die Hypnose innerhalb der Medizin zum Schimpfwort geworden ist.

Hipnose: uma palavra proscrita em medicina

Este artigo procura compreender a relação entre a eficácia clínica da hipnose e a percepção negativa que a hipnose acarreta entre muitos professores na área da medicina, em muitos clínicos e no público em geral. Explorando a história da hipnose, o autor tentou assinalar vários acontecimentos que possivelmente tenham contribuído para a má representação da hipnose, no passado e no presente, de tal modo que hoje a hipnose é ainda considerada um “palavrão” em medicina.

Ipnosi: “parolaccia della medicina”

Questo articolo cerca di comprendere la relazione tra l'efficacia clinica dell'ipnosi e la sua percezione negativa presso molti docenti di medicina, medici e la popolazione generica. Esplorando la storia dell'ipnosi si è fatto un tentativo di evidenziare alcuni eventi che possono aver portato alla cattiva percezione dell'ipnosi, sia del passato sia attuale, e che l'autore crede abbia fatto diventare l'ipnosi “la parolaccia della medicina”.

Saimin: Iryoh no kinku

Honron ni oite, saimin no chiryoh-teki yuukousei to, ohku no iryoh-kyouiku-sya, rinsyoh-ka oyobi ippan no hitobito ni aru hitei-teki na ninshiki tono kankei wo rikai shiyou to kokoromita. Saimin no rekishi wo saguru kotode, sorega “iryou no kinku” to natta genin to hissya ga kangae ru, kako/genzai tomoni saimin heno gonin wo motarashita dekigoto no ikutsuka wo shiteki shita.

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