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H Osmond

Publications and source records attributed to H Osmond.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1984

The schizophrenic no-society revisited.

Twenty years ago in an article in this journal ( Sommer and Osmond 1962), we introduced the concept of the schizophrenic no-society, chracterizing the social organization of long-term mental hospital wards as a society in hich no voluntary social organization occurred among residents. In the intervening years, voluntary social organizations among schizophrenic persons which were lacking in mental hospitals in the 1960s or whether the concept of the schizophrenic no-society is still a valid one.

Chronic Disease↗
PubMed1983

A bibliography of mental patients' autobiographies, 1960-1982.

First-person narratives contain an inside view of mental disorder that can be useful in teaching, theory, and research. To bring earlier bibliographies up to date, the authors list eight anthologies and 63 autobiographies of hospitalized mental patients published since 1960.

Autobiographies as Topic↗
PubMed1979

Medical education and the dying patient.

Several recent cases illustrate the medical-ethical-legal consequences associated with lack of awareness in caring for and treating the dying patient. We question whether solutions advanced by others are feasible or desirable for use in medical education, and suggest looking to the familiar principles of clinical medicine. These principles can be used to acquaint students and residents with the clinical model of medicine so they can learn the differences between the rights and duties of those occupying the "sick" and "dying" roles. Once these differences have been understood, then the rules for moving patients from one role to another can be gradually acquired in the course of medical practice. The task now is to resuscitate these traditional abilities in the context of our times.

Alabama↗
PubMed1978

The medical model and the responsible patient.

At Bryce Hospital patients whose illnesses are considered to have a biochemical basis, such as schizophrenia or manic-depressive illness, are assigned to a "responsible patient" class in which they are taught the rights and obligations of responsible patients: to know about the illness, to participate in treatment planning, and to follow treatment routines. The class is a segment of the instruction given in the hospital's Psychological Learning Center and is based on the medical model. The authors describe the class, the learning center, and the historical and theoretical antecedents of such an approach.

Alabama↗