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Home > Medical > General Practice & Primary Care

MEDICAL INTERVIEW
Author/Editor: COULEHAN & BLOCK
Published: 01/01/06
Published by: ELSEVIER AUSTRALIA
ISBN: 9780803612464
Media: paper back
Edition: 5e

A manual for effective doctor-patient communication, aimed at students and more experienced post-graduate trainees. Section one covers the history-taking process in considerable detail. It begins with a general discussion on how to 'connect' with patients, including the importance of empathy, genuineness and patient respect. It extensively covers the current complaint, past history, family history, systems review, sexual history, note taking and closure. The second and third sections cover efficency in history taking, the adolescent history, geriatric patients, cultural issues, the difficult interview, breaking bad news, complimentary medicine, ethics, malpractice avoidance and patient negotiation.

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