Year
2009
Attachment Size
Vol 37 2009.pdf 33.85 MB

Editor: John Salinsky
Assistant editor: Mary Salinsky

Contents
Frontispiece
The Balint Society
Programme of meetings of the Balint Society, 2009-2010 
The Web Site
Editorial
Guidelines for Balint leaders

Personal Papers:
‘A Case for Balint’: AH Johnson, CD Brock and J Freedy
‘A history of the theoretical roots of the Balint group method’ AH Johnson
‘The doctor, her patients and the gifts’: Henry Jablonski
‘Consultation without a stethoscope: an informal evaluation of a Balint group for trainees’:
Nick Humphreys
‘My experience of facilitating a Balint group and its interface with supervision’:Valerie Parker
‘The importance of strong working alliances in Balint group development’: Richard Addison
‘Reflections on the struggle between altruism and egoism in Parkinson’s disease’: Ariel Arieli
‘The art of professionalism: staying in role’:
John Freely, Clive Brock, Amy Blue and Todd Dehar
‘Experience o f a Balint group with medical students in Peru’: Pedro Mendoza
Balint Society Essay prize 2009

Winning essays:
'What Darzi doesn’t know: psychodynamic factors in health': Richard Stevens
‘The Balint group and the doctor’: Noah Moran

Lectures and talks 2008-2009:
18th Michael Balint Memorial Lecture: ‘Balint at the edge’: Paul Julian
Oxford weekend keynote address 2008:’Personal care in primary care’ by Caroline Palmer
Longhirst weekend keynote address 2009: ‘Why Balint’ by Michael Courtenay
Annual dinner 2009: guest speech by Iona Heath

Reports:
Secretary's Report: David Watt
Canonbury Balint day: Andrew Dicker
Balint weekend at Whalley Abbey: Caroline Palmer
Balint weekend at Longhirst Hall, Northumberland
Pictures from the International Balint Congress in Brasov, Romania

Announcements:
The Balint Society Prize Essay 2010
The Balint Society Council 2009-2010
Guidance for contributors