Smith's PATIENT-CENTRED INTERVIEWING An Evidence-Based Method

• Main Authors: Fortin, Auguste H VI (Author), Dwamena, Francesca C. (Author), Lepisto, Brenda Lovegrove (Author), Frankel, Richard M. (Author), Smith, Robert C. 1937- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York McGraw-Hill Education 2019
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Subjects: Medical History Taking > methods; Physician-Patient Relations; Evidence-Based Medicine
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"A comprehensive, evidence-based introduction to the principles and practices of patient communication in a clinical setting Smith's Patient-Centered Interviewing, Fourth Edition presents a step-by-step methodology for mastering every aspect of the medical interview. Readers will learn how...

Table of Contents:

• The medical interview
• Data-gathering and empathy skills
• The beginning of the interview: patient-centered interviewing
• Symptom-defining skills
• The middle of the interview: clinician-centered interviewing
• Step 11: the end of the interview
• Adapting the interview to different situations and other practical issues
• The clinician-patient relationship
• Summarizing and presenting the patient's story
• Remaining patient-centered in the digital age
• Appendices. Foreword to the first edition
• Research and humanistic rationale for patient-centered interviewing
• Feelings and emotions
• Complete write-up of Ms. Jones' initial evaluation
• Mental status evaluation