Reason and Emotion: A Physician's Life Story: A Physician's Life Story

"This book describes Oscar’s life story and his efforts to develop anacademic career, to heal emotional wounds and to develop a coherentworldview. His medical career focused on patient care, research andthe study of kidney diseases. To get to the root causes of his emotionalproblems, he rejected Freud’s drive-frustration theory and embraced bothobject relations and attachment theories. He believed that an adequateattachment to the primary caregiver facilitates the development of the trueself, the regulation of affect and the ability to project intentions, beliefsand perceptions into the minds of others. Only securely attached childrenare able to separate from the mother and to acquire the skills necessaryfor socialization. After his retirement he was able to formulate a personalphilosophy of life and to articulate a worldview which was based onNaturalism, Humanism and Agnosticism."