Behavioral Medicine A Guide For Clinical Practice 4/e (4)
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- Synopsis
- The goal of Behavioral Medicine is to help practitioners and students understand the interplay between psychological, physical, social and cultural issues of patients. Within its pages you will find real-world coverage of behavioral and interactional issues that occur between provider and patient in everyday clinical practice. You will learn how to deliver bad news, how to conduct an effective patient interview, how to care for patients at the end of life, how to clinically manage common mental and behavioral issues in medical patients, the principles of medical professionalism, motivating behavior change, and much more. As the leading text on the subject, this trusted classic delivers the most definitive, practical overview of the behavioral, clinical, and social contexts of the physician-patient relationship. The book is case based to reinforce learning through real-world examples, focusing on issues that commonly arise in everyday medical practice and training. One of the significant elements of Behavioral Medicine is the recognition that the wellbeing of physicians and other health professionals is critically important to caring for patients. Enhanced by new and updated content throughout, Behavioral Medicine provides insight and information not available anywhere else for those who seek to provide comprehensive high-quality care for patients. And it does so in a way that acknowledges patients as people who have problems that often go far beyond the reach of traditional medical care.
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 576 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780071767705
- Publisher:
- McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division
- Date of Addition:
- 07/01/20
- Copyrighted By:
- McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Textbooks, Psychology, Medicine
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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