Notwithstanding all the efforts undertaken to integrate classical medi
cine with psychosomatics, the health system is still squarely based on
classical medical science. With reference to the model (or metaphor)
of the ''Trivial Machine'' versus the ''Non-Trivial Machine'', Buching
er attempts to cast light on the dilemma bedeveling the relation betwe
en classical and psychosomatic medicine. With the help of this model h
e is able to substantiate his thesis that the aim should not be to int
egrate psychosomatic medicine into clinical medicine but that psychoso
matic medicine has the broader foundations for any kind of treatment o
f illness to build on (which does not mean that vice versa clinical me
dicine could be Integrated into psychosomatic medicine). According to
Buchinger, the rationale behind this is the ''expertise of not-knowing
'' which (he suggests) the psychosomatic doctor represents. As an expe
rt in ''not-knowing'', the psychosomaticist can push back the frontier
s bounding the relational space between doctor and patient and help th
e patient to bring forth and capitalize on his/her own ''knowledge'' a
nd thus learn to behave in a more ''healthy'' way.