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Ascona Balint Award Essays

The Ascona Balint Award Essays series presents outstanding essays by medical students from around the world. The authors draw on personal encounters with patients to explore the emotional and relational dimensions of medical practice and to reflect on their development as future doctors.

The series is rooted in the Balint tradition, which emphasizes an empathetic, relationship-centered approach to medicine.
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Donald E. Nease, Jr., Heide Otten & Günther Bergmann

The Student, the Patient and the Illness

Ascona Balint Award Essays 2024

The essays for the Ascona Balint Award give a deep impression of the students’ experiences, reflections and conclusions. And they show an insight into medical education in different countries. [ mehr ]

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Donald E. Nease, Jr., Heide Otten & Günther Bergmann

The Student, the Patient and the Illness

Ascona Balint Award Essays 2022

The essays for the Ascona Balint Award give a deep impression of the students’ experiences, reflections and conclusions. And they show an insight into medical education in different countries. [ mehr ]

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Heide Otten, Günther Bergmann & Donald E. Nease, Jr.

The Student, the Patient and the Illness

Ascona Balint Award Essays 2019

The essays for the Ascona Balint Award give a deep impression of the students’ experiences, reflections and conclusions. And they show an insight into medical education in different countries. [ mehr ]

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Heide Otten, Günther Bergmann & Donald E. Nease, Jr.

The Student, the Patient and the Illness

Ascona Balint Award Essays 2017

The essays for the Ascona Balint Award give a deep impression of the students’ experiences, reflections and conclusions. And they show an insight into medical education in different countries. [ mehr ]