A portrait of Michael Balint-the man and the scientist-is presented. The development of some of his ideas is traced-including the “dosage” in which a physician should prescribe himself to a patient, and the concepts of the overall diagnosis, the “basic fault,” and the “flash” technique in interviewing.
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