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east and west behavioral medicine service integration | core clinic medical section
andrew schechterman phd director of design planning | mcpn healthcare system | march 2005
East West Behavioral Medicine Service Integration
A patient
A patient's physicians
Oneself
Just a little bit . . . everyday

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east and west behavioral medicine service integration | core clinic medical section
andrew schechterman phd director of design planning | mcpn healthcare system | march 2005
Eastern Thought
Western Thought
An ethic vs. a faith vs. a dogma
Internal context of hypothesis-testing
Not for those low tolerance of ambiguity
Patient goals, provider goals, human goals:
If you meet the
Buddha, kill him.
From scattered mind to concentrated mind
From concentrated mind to the one-mind
Let go of self-centeredness
Realize wisdom (integrate knowledge), realize internal
peace, realize happiness

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east and west behavioral medicine service integration | core clinic medical section
andrew schechterman phd director of design planning | mcpn healthcare system | march 2005
Primarily social cultural psychological content
Goal to relieve suffering
Not an act of taking away or distancing
patient from their suffering
Help ourselves, patients, participants, see
cause, origin of suffering
Inevitable existence of own suffering
Inevitable existence of universal suffering
Do not meditate, be!