[Gary]

When in the practice of brain injury rehabilitation, one very quickly realizes the inadequacy of a mechanistic brain function model in assisting each individual in their unique process of recovery, and how important the relational aspect of human functionality is in guiding the process of recovery. Very similar injuries can have vastly different functional outcomes depending on the relational context and its richness and the element of external support and encouragement, as well as the avoidance of over-burdening the recovering individual and the risk of precipitating a ‘catastrophic reaction’ ( see: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266872143_Surviving_Catastrophic_Reaction_after_Brain_Injury_The_Use_of_Self-_Regulation_and_Self-Other_Regulation ) as described by pioneering brain injury treatment specialist, Kurt Goldstein, in his magnum opus and seminal book, ‘The Organism. A Holistic Approach to Biology Derived from Pathological Data in Man’ ( See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Organism#:~:text=The%20Organism%3A%20A%20Holistic%20Approach,am%20kranken%20Menschen%2C%20in%201934. and also see, for access to this text:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1043886/ ).

So these ideas run very deep and have very significant implications and application in particular fields of medical practice, where there is a fundamental requirement to address the subtleties and distinguishing factors of the ‘person’ who is the patient one is serving…

See: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/4102375.pdf (which discusses the ‘recovery of person’ through the process of philosophical transition from an ‘Age of Ideas’ to an ‘Age of Signs’ which is discussed in much more detail by John Deely in his magnum opus,

‘The Four Ages of Human Understanding‘ which I consider to be a must-read for anyone interested in the current fundamental transition in human understanding that is occurring, and also see:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30411181/ which is an article by Alan B Astrow discussing the address given to the American Medical Association by Abraham Joshua Heschel titled ‘The Patient as a Person’… and the ‘Disenchantment of Medicine‘.

What we are really talking about and what is needed is a process directed toward the ‘Reenchantment of Medicine‘…

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