Field Guide to the Difficult Patient Interview

Name: Field Guide to the Difficult Patient Interview
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ISBN: 9780781747745

ISBN-10: 0781747740

ISBN-13: 9780781747745

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Frederic W. Platt, Geoffrey H. Gordon

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Book details

List price: $67.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication date: 3/30/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 4.50" wide x 7.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Preface to the First Edition


Preface


Foreword


Acknowledgments



The Efficient Interview



Basic Interviewing Technique



Listening



Building Rapport: EMPATHY, the Universal Tool



Understanding Nonverbal Communication



The Primacy of Symptoms



The Data Base



Culture and Language



The Efficient Interview: Dealing with Patient Emotions



Sadness and Fear



Anger



Ambivalence



Explaining



Patient Education



Giving Bad News



Comforting the Grieving Family: Survivors of a Patient Death



Shared Decision-Making and Informed Consent



The Clinical Attitude



Patience



Curiosity



"OK" and "Wow": The Short Words



Self-awareness: What Are You Thinking Now?



Hope



Dealing with a Difficult Relationship



Those Dreaded Phrases



Acknowledging Difficult Relationships and Interactions



Understanding the Meaning of Illness



Addressing Disagreements About Diagnosis or Therapy



Trust and Distrust



Establishing Boundaries



Avoiding Seduction



Asking for Help



Clinician-to-Clinician Communication: Talking to Colleagues



Doctors Firing Patients--Patients Firing Doctors



Illness and Loss



Chronic Pain and Suffering



Somatization



The Transition from Disease-Based Care to Palliative Care



End-of-Life Discussions: Advance Care Plans and DNR Orders



Being with a Dying Patient



Talking with Families of Seriously Ill Patients



Who's in Charge Here? Behavioral Health Risks



Assessing Risk Behaviors



Nonadherence



Violence



Alcohol Use



Sex



Puzzling Problems



The List-Maker



The Patient's Companion



Confusion: Communicating with the Cognitively Impaired Patient



The Patient Bearing Literature



Distant Medicine



When Your Patient Is a Doctor



Disclosing Unexpected Outcomes and Errors



Coaching Communication Skills



Selected Readings for the Entire Text


Subject Index