The Art of Healing
The film maker Benedikt Schulte presents Anthroposophic Medicine in a series of short films entitled The Art of Healing.
The paediatrician David Martin, professor of Medical Theory and Integrative and Anthroposophic Medicine at Witten-Herdecke University (DE), describes one of the central aspects of Anthroposophic Medicine: "We have to develop a medicine that offers the whole range of possibilities on the basis of which physicians and parents can choose what the right thing to do is in a given context. In order to achieve this, we need perceptiveness and sensitivity; we need to be present, with the patient, well rooted in the relationship - that will create the foundation for a good medicine." Matthias Girke, who is head of the Medical Section and co-producer of the film series The Art of Healing, also speaks of starting by perceiving the individual patient in order to find out what they need and respond accordingly.
The seven episodes in this series of films, each of which is about 15 minutes long, describe the integrative approach of Anthroposophic Medicine, providing examples of specialist areas such as paediatrics, oncology and pharmacy and of research topics such as how to respond when children are running a temperature. Medical experts, researchers, students and patients speak about their experiences.
Because of Sars-CoV-2 restrictions applying during filming, the documentation had to be limited to Anthroposophic Medicine in Germany and Switzerland.