Breaking the cycle how to turn conflict into collaboration when you and your patients disagree

• Main Authors: Blackall, George F. (Author), Simms, Steven (Author), Green, Michael J. 1961- (Author)
• Corporate Author: American College of Physicians
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia ACP Press 2009
• Subjects: Physician-Patient Relations
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The doctor-patient relationship can reach impasses that cause physicians to feel frustrated and helpless. This practical new title focuses on how changes in the physician's thinking can improve these challenging interactions. Real-life experiences and case studies allow physicians to see how an...

Table of Contents:

• Doctor knows best (sometimes) : the "physician-as-expert" model
• The harder I try, the worse it gets : the symptomatic cycle
• How to begin : building collaborative relationships
• An ounce of prevention : how to avoid impasses with patients and their families
• When all you know isn't enough : dealing with chronic illness
• You are not helping me!?
• Pediatrics : little people, big problems
• "You have to save my little girl" : crisis in the intensive care unit
• Ethical dilemmas in medicine : or are they?
• It's all in your head : patients seeking medical solutions to non-medical problems.