Year
2004
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Vol 32 2004.pdf 24.04 MB

Editor: John Salinsky
Editor emeritus: Philip Hopkins

Contents
The Balint Society
Programme of meetings of the Balint Society, 2004-2005
The Web Site
Editorial: How would you like your Balint?
An interview with Michael Courtenay

Personal Papers
‘Lessons of the Masters’: Michael Courtenay
‘The widening scope of Balint work’: Henry Jablonski
‘Compassion fatigue and burnout in Balint groups’: Jill Benson
‘A pilot registrar group in Melbourne’: Marion Lustig
‘A Balint group for medical students at Royal Free and UCH School of Medicine’:
Peter Shoenberg and Heather Suckling

Lectures in 2002-2003:
‘Does the imposition of Government directives threaten the potency of ‘the Drug Doctor’?:
James Willis
‘Are you a doctor? experiences with ChildLine: Sheila Cross
From the conference: ‘Chairs in a Circle: learning in small groups’:
‘A new approach to Balint research?’: John Salinsky
‘A case study’: Ruth Pinder

The Balint Society Prize Essay 2004:
‘Reflections on vulnerability within the doctor-patient relationship': John R. Freedy
International Balint Award for Medical Students:
An account of a student-patient relationship in a therapeutic setting’: Caroline Hulsker
Papers from Oxford 2003
Keynote Address: ‘Caring for patients, caring for doctors’: the patient-doctor relationship’:
Oliver Samuel
‘Caring for patients, caring for doctors: three years of Balint work in the Tower Hamlets VTS’:
David Watt
13th International Congress in Berlin: ‘Balint unifies World-wide’: Steffen Haefher and Simone Hoeckele
Pictures from Berlin
Students’ impressions of Oxford 2003:
‘Report on Oxford Balint Weekend 2003’: Tom Russ
‘Balint groups: Psychosocial nonsense or a real insight into the doctor-patient relationship?’:
Bruno Rushforth and Wendy Brown.

Book Reviews:
‘Medicine and Literature: the doctor’s companion to the classics: Volume 2’ by John Salinsky: Tessa Dresser
‘Difficult Consultations with Adolescents’ by Chris Donovan and Heather Suckling: Pat Tate
Obituary: Stephen Pasmore

Reports:
Secretary’s Report: David Watt
Chester Balint days 2004: Caroline Palmer

Announcements:
14th International Balint Congress in Stockholm 2005
The Balint Society Prize Essay 2005
International Balint Awards for medical students (Ascona) 2005
The Balint Society Council 2004-2005
Guidance for contributors