INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY: SOME TEXTS AND METHODS OF INTEGRATIVE STUDY.
Engelberg, Joseph.
Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine,
Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0084.
APStracts 2:0002S, 1995.
ABSTRACT
The development of the integrative dimensions of physiology will require texts
and forms of study which differ from those to which we have become accustomed
in the areas of specialization. Two types of texts lie at the heart of
integrative study: framework statements and case histories . Framework
statements are scientific aphorisms which summarize integrative insights;
ordered chains of these statements form conceptual frameworks which stimulate
integrative dialogue and thought. Case histories are stories which portray the
events in the life of a living being, generally human. The nature of these
texts, how framework statements are created, and methods of how texts of this
kind may be used in group dialogues are discussed.
Received 1 March 1995; accepted in final form 21 September 1995.
APS Manuscript Number S004-5.
Article publication pending Advances in Physiology Education.
ISSN 1080-4757 Copyright 1996 The American Physiological Society.
Published in APStracts on 20 March 96