The Medical Interview: Mastering Skills for Clinical Practice,9780803612464

The Medical Interview: Mastering Skills for Clinical Practice

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Edition: 5th
ISBN13: 9780803612464
ISBN10: 080361246X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-09-29
Publisher(s): F.A. Davis Company
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Summary

Master the art of conducting a medical interview and in the process hone your communication skills. The authors have also created a downloadable interview organizer that can be used as a management tool for their first interviews. Visit DavisPlus (http://davisplus.fadavis.com/) to access the interview organizer.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Poor Historian xv
PART ONE The Patient's Story
CHAPTER 1 Interviewing as a Clinical Skill
3(18)
CHAPTER 2 Respect, Genuineness, and Empathy
21(24)
CHAPTER 3 Chief Complaint and Present Illness
45(26)
CHAPTER 4 Other Active Problems, Past Medical History, and Family History
71(16)
CHAPTER 5 The Patient Profile
87(19)
CHAPTER 6 The Sexual History
106(12)
CHAPTER 7 Review of Systems, Physical Examination, and Closure
118(22)
CHAPTER 8 The Clinical Narrative
140(21)
PART TWO Basic Skills in Practice
CHAPTER 9 Communication in the Office Setting
161(32)
CHAPTER 10 Pediatric and Adolescent Interviewing
193(19)
CHAPTER 11 Interviewing the Geriatric Patient
212(16)
CHAPTER 12 Cultural Competence in the Interview
228(21)
PART THREE Challenges in the Interactive Process
CHAPTER 13 Difficult Patient-Clinician Interactions
249(30)
CHAPTER 14 Telling Bad News
279(22)
CHAPTER 15 Talking with Patients about Complementary and Alternative Medicine
301(18)
CHAPTER 16 Ethics and the Law
319(19)
CHAPTER 17 Malpractice and the Clinical Interview
338(19)
CHAPTER 18 Education and Negotiation
357(16)
CHAPTER 19 The Medical Interview at Work
373(15)
Resources 388

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