Medicine, Mind and Adolescence 1998, XIII, 1-2
DIGNITY AND CLINICAL METHOD: THE KAIROLOGICAL APPROACH
Giuseppe R. Brera1
Giuseppe R. Brera1
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Abstract
Dignity has not generally been seen as something that can be applied to clinical medicine. There are instances, however, where this has direct application. An adolescent with phobic problems and “at risk” behaviors who seemed not to change with a normal psychodynamic approach, quickly solved his problems when his counselor utilized a method that involves the client’s “dignity as a human being”. This appeal to dignity solved a problem of a clinical nature. In this case, the kairological approach to clinical problems during the process of enhancement of the adolescent’s resources and possibilities enabled him to discover and experience his dignity as a necessity in order to be a person.
This kind of clinical approach requires that the doctor does not consider his profession just as a job, but as the practical side of his human feeling.
Key Words: Adolescence, counseling, kairology, medicine, dignity.
1. Correspondence to: Prof. Giuseppe R. Brera, Università Ambrosiana, V.le Romagna 51, 20133 Milano (Italy). E-mail: gbrera@unambro.it
