PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Peter A. de Schweinitz
TI  - Quiet Healing
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2012.04.110267
DP  - 2012 Jul 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 547--549
VI  - 25
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/25/4/547.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/25/4/547.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2012 Jul 01; 25
AB  - Both physicians and patients want deeply healing doctor–patient relationships. Too often, though, the ever-expanding demands of medical practice combine with the defenses of the patient to create doctor–patient isolation. Eastern and Western cosmologies and traditions may encourage different approaches to human interaction and healing. At times, probing the patient with more questions may open up a story vital to transformative healing. However, this narrative essay uses a personal experience as a patient of a Japanese traditional healer and Zen practitioner to explore the value of a quiet approach to patient care.