PSICOLOGIA DE LA SALUD: LETRA Y ESPÍRITU*

Resumen

In this article, the function carried out by the psychological science in the field of health is described Later on, brief philosophical and theoretical-conceptual reflections about the man-health-illness-death relationship are made. Finally, the psychological reaction to the illness, the doctor-patient relationship, and yatrogeny of psychological type are explained from an ethical-humanist point of view.