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Let’s get out of the burning house! (…by changing our view of the patient)

Let’s get out of the burning house! (…by changing our view of the patient)

by Ton Gevers | May 8, 2024 | Environmental Philosophies, Environmental Physiotherapy

Is changing our perspective of patients the place to start? At the first-ever Environmental Physiotherapy Festival 2023, I led a session on redefining the concept of the patient in physiotherapy, summarising key points from my October blog on Moving Earth (Gevers,...
Have we ever treated patients yet? Actor-network theory and the changing patient in a changing world

Have we ever treated patients yet? Actor-network theory and the changing patient in a changing world

by Ton Gevers | Oct 12, 2023 | Environmental Philosophies, Environmental Physiotherapy

Have you ever wondered who or what the patient truly is? In medicine, the patient is defined as “a person who is ill or undergoing treatment for a disease.” (Dictionary, 2023) Yet, in my opinion, this definition paints a narrow, one-dimensional portrait of the patient...

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