DR KENT

DR KENT

• Definition: Totality of symptoms is a method used by Dr. Kent to analyze and construct a repertory rubric by combining a group of symptoms that are likely to be present together.

• Symptoms included in totality: Kent's totality includes the following symptoms:

  • Mind, emotions, and feelings
  • Body and physical sensations
  • Materia medica and other symptoms
  • General symptoms
  • Modalities and concomitants

• Demonstration of totality construction →

  1. Divide symptoms into groups
  2. Analyze symptoms and identify relationships
  3. Combine symptoms into a group
  4. Construct a repertory rubric
  5. Evaluate the rubric for accuracy and relevance

• Justification of totality:

  • Provides a comprehensive view of a remedy's effects
  • Helps to identify complex relationships between symptoms
  • Allows for a more nuanced understanding of a remedy's action
  • Enhances clinical decision-making and case analysis

• Process of analysis and evaluation →

  1. Review the case and identify key symptoms
  2. Analyze the symptoms using Kent's totality
  3. Evaluate the relevance and accuracy of the symptoms
  4. Construct a repertory rubric based on the analysis
  5. Refine the rubric as needed to achieve the best possible results

• Importance of totality:

  • Enhances understanding of the remedy's action
  • Improves clinical decision-making
  • Facilitates case analysis and evaluation
  • Increases accuracy and relevance of the repertory rubric
  • Aids in the development of a comprehensive treatment plan

• Boenninghausen's approach also emphasized the importance of totality, using his therapeutic pocket book to analyze and construct repertory rubrics.

• Kent's aphorism 147 notes the importance of considering the totality of symptoms when analyzing a case.

• Boger's approach also emphasized the importance of totality, using his BBCR to analyze and construct repertory rubrics.