The medical interview : mastering skills for clinical practice
- 5th ed.
- Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Co., c2006.
- xix, 409 p. : ill. ;
The patient's story -- Interviewing as a clinical skill -- Respect, genuineness, and empathy -- Chief complaint and present illness -- Other active problems, past medical history, and family history -- The patient profile -- The sexual history -- Review of systems, physical examination, and closure -- The clinical narrative -- Communication in the office setting -- Pediatric and adolescent interviewing -- Interviewing the geriatric patient -- Cultural competence in the interview -- Difficult patient-clinician interactions -- Telling bad news -- Talking with patients about complementary and alternative medicine -- Ethics and the law -- Malpractice and the clinical interview -- Education and negotiation -- The medical interview at work.
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Medical history taking. Physical diagnosis. Narrative medicine. Medical History Taking. Physician-Patient Relations.