The medical interview : mastering skills for clinical practice

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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.

Contents

  • I The Patient's Story
  • 1 Interviewing as a Clinical Skill
  • 2 Respect, Genuineness, and Empathy
  • 3 Chief Complaint and Present Illness
  • 4 Other Active Problems, Past Medical History, and Family History
  • 5 The Patient Profile
  • 6 The Sexual History
  • 7 Review of Systems, Physical Examination, and Closure
  • 8 The Clinical Narrative
  • II Basic Skills in Practice
  • 9 Communication in the Office Setting
  • 10 Pediatric and Adolescent Interviewing
  • 11 Interviewing the Geriatric Patient
  • 12 Cultural Competence in the Interview
  • III Challenges in the Interactive Process
  • 13 Difficult Patient-Clinician Interactions
  • 14 Telling Bad News
  • 15 Talking with Patients about Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  • 16 Ethics and the Law
  • 17 Malpractice and the Clinical Interview
  • 18 Education and Negotiation
  • 19 The Medical Interview at Work
  • Resources

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