Can we give a scientific basis to our feeling that human morphology has unique features? Are the human mind and the human anatomy ‘nothing but’ yet another variation of animal life? Can we find answers to these questions that…

Bewustzijn, hersenen en vrije wilLange tijd heerste in de wetenschap de haast vanzelfsprekende overtuiging, dat de hersenen een orgaan zijn als alle andere, en dat daarom alles wat wij denken en doen het resultaat moet zijn van…

Medical biochemistry offers insight into the continuous changes within the human organism. But can we remain mindful of the coherence of the (changing) organism as we study the details? How can the many processes be understood as…

For many years science held the almost self-evident belief that the brain is an organ like any other, and that everything we think and do must be the result of biological processes in the brain over which we would have no…

This Companion contributes to an integral approach of dementia and the person experiencing dementia. It does not close its eyes to the horrors of the disease, but rather provides new perspectives to meet the process of withdrawing…

Dit boek draagt bij aan een integrale benadering van dementie en de dementerende mens, die niet de ogen sluit voor de verschrikkingen van de ziekte, maar desondanks nieuwe perspectieven biedt om het proces van het terugtrekken van…

Dit boek benadert depressie vanuit een fenomenologische en systeembiologische achtergrond. Fenomenologisch wordt vanuit patroonherkenning recht gedaan aan individuele factoren die het ontstaan en beloop van depressie beïnvloeden.…

The treatment of depressive disorders is increasingly under scrutiny. We classified the risk factors of depressive disorders with the scientific methods applied in systems biology and with the 4-step approach. The ordering in four…

We give more attention to the context of the patient's
life in medicine. Additionally, we are rehabilitating the physician’s experience-based intuition. We can even refer to a new "moral age" in medicine and healthcare.…

Early embryological development can teach us about the unique and characteristic qualities of humans.

Can we give a scientific basis to the notion that humans have uniquely human features? Are the human mind and the human…

How can we conceptualize seemingly random psychological and physical symptoms of endocrine disease in a holistic way? How can we understand signs and symptoms of disease including the anatomical and physiological changes in the…

The life of a child with a disability presents special challenges for the child, parents, and family members. Whereas health care in the past used to focus on the disabilities, nowadays questions regarding the development…

Why write this new booklet on immunology when there are already so many excellent texts on the subject?

This Companion is about questions such as: why is it that the immune system functions as a unity? How are immune functions…

Naar klinische intuïtieIn de geneeskunde komt meer aandacht voor de levenscontext van de patiënt. Verder wordt de op ervaring gebaseerde intuïtie van de arts gerehabiliteerd. Er wordt zelfs gesproken over een nieuw ‘moreel…

Pharmacology gives us insight into the way organic processes change when foreign compounds are introduced into the organism.

Pharmacology is a changeable subject, contingent on the needs and knowledge of the time. Can we find an…

Kann uns die Physiologie tiefere Einsichten in den menschlichen Organismus geben als es die reinen Fakten zunächst vermögen? Sind alle Organe in gleichem Maße „aktiv“? Sind die vitalen Qualitäten, die in den Organen…

Can physiology give more insight into the living human organism than the mere facts reveal at first? Is the level of activity the same for all organs? Are the vital qualities at work in organs unique for organisms and limited to…

In this Companion, the experience of three of our own patients with asthma and pneumonia is used as backdrop for our study of airway disorders. Most physicians and therapists know people with asthma and pneumonia from own…

After finalizing the series BOLK’S Companions for the Study of Medicine for the moment, this Companion on The Healing Process introduces a new series of BOLK’S Companions that studies the Practice of Medicine. In it, we…

Hoe kunnen we met behulp van de constitutie­typologie naar een kind leren kijken? Kunnen we samenhang vinden in, en betekenis geven aan, uiterlijk en gedragskenmerken? Wat kan daar de meerwaarde van zijn?
Deze Companion gaat in…

How do you develop clinical intuition? How do physicians gain practical knowledge about disease?

Diseases do not merely concern a partial defect, they recreate the life of the patient. The author shows that experienced physicians…