Definition of pathography in English:
pathography
nounPlural pathographies pəˈθɒɡrəfipəˈTHäɡrəfē
mass nounThe study of the life of an individual or the history of a community with regard to the influence of a particular disease or psychological disorder.
pathography is a psychoanalytic approach to the realm of art that depends on detailed knowledge of an artist's personal life history
count noun in representing the relationship between her illness and her art, I have attempted to avoid the perspective of a pathography
Example sentencesExamples
- At Auburn University two courses have introduced students to the concept of medical histories, the patient pathography, patient interviewing and practice with real patients.
- Although students gathered data for both the pathography and medical history; they were directed to only report the data from the patient's perspective.
- In essence, the patient pathography can be utilized to assist pharmacists in achieving optimal therapeutic outcomes.
- In this regard, the patient pathography is proposed as an additional or alternative patient-data collection method.
- In this article, the authors advocate the use of the patient pathography as an additional or alternative teaching tool for the medical history record.