TY - JOUR
T1 - Supporting tripod of modern medicine
AU - Yang, Hui
AU - Liu, Shuo
AU - Zhou, Zhonghua
AU - Huang, Yingzi
AU - Huang, Wenjuan
AU - Pang, Yan
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Tripod, an ancient Chinese vessel with three legs, was revered as treasure of the kingdom. The implication of the metaphor refers to stable of the power and the nation. It is truly an ideal symbol, and verified in a mathematic rule - triangle is the most stable shape and structure.
The metaphor could be also applied to the modern model of medicine - biopsychosocial model. The structure is the foundation of human health. In other words, health is the best understood in terms of a combination of the three domains - biological, psychological and social factors - rather than purely in biological terms. The approach is a medical philosophy established through several revolutions in medicine in centuries of human history. It is also well tailors with oriental belief of balance of body, mind and environment.
AB - Tripod, an ancient Chinese vessel with three legs, was revered as treasure of the kingdom. The implication of the metaphor refers to stable of the power and the nation. It is truly an ideal symbol, and verified in a mathematic rule - triangle is the most stable shape and structure.
The metaphor could be also applied to the modern model of medicine - biopsychosocial model. The structure is the foundation of human health. In other words, health is the best understood in terms of a combination of the three domains - biological, psychological and social factors - rather than purely in biological terms. The approach is a medical philosophy established through several revolutions in medicine in centuries of human history. It is also well tailors with oriental belief of balance of body, mind and environment.
UR - http://www.med.monash.edu.au/sphc/mchi/partners/cn-j-jcgp.html
M3 - Article
SN - 1007-9572
VL - 17
SP - 731
EP - 733
JO - Chinese General Practice
JF - Chinese General Practice
IS - 7
ER -
