Talking to your doctor : a patient's guide to communication in the exam room and beyond
Record details
- ISBN: 9781442220508 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 1442220503 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9781442220515 (ebk.)
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Physical Description:
print
xiv, 198 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2013]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-194) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The Most Frequent Procedure -- Visit Time and Clock Time -- What We Want as Patients: Lessons from Communication Science -- The Doctor as a Professional in Our Eyes -- Measuring How Good Our Doctors Are -- Telling Our Story: Taking the Time to Express Our Health Concerns to Ourselves and Others -- Make the Most of the Visit Through Mindfulness -- How to Communicate Even While Intimidated, Limited, Uncomfortable, or Undereducated -- What We're Talking About: Negotiating the Agenda With the Doctor -- Acknowledge -- and Use -- Emotion and Motivation -- How to Talk to the Doctor About What Makes You Nervous, Embarrassed, or Grossed Out -- Making Healthy Communities with Healthy Communication -- Learning How to Want Less: Creating a Resouce-Sparing Medical Culture Together with Our Doctors -- Transforming Our Health Care System Through Communication and Collaboration. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Patient participation Physician and patient Communication in medicine Physician-Patient Relations Communication |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | R 727.42 .B47 2013 | 30775305504236 | General Collection | Available | - |
BookList Review
Talking to Your Doctor : A Patient's Guide to Communication in the Exam Room and Beyond
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
What is the most commonly performed procedure done by a doctor? The answer is surprisingly simple: interviewing patients. The medical interview has four major purposes: building rapport, collecting information, educating, and proposing possible treatments. Berger, an internal-medicine specialist at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, dissects the dynamics and studies the flow of doctor-patient encounters. He offers suggestions for effectively communicating with your doctor (even when you are nervous, embarrassed, and intimidated). Some of the most frequent emotions surfacing during a doctor's visit are fear, anger, sadness, and frustration. Yet good physicians can help patients plot a course through difficult times by expressing empathy and exercising emotional nimbleness. Berger writes, Healing depends on sensitive emotional navigation as much as objective truth. Every visit to the doctor's office is an opportunity for a new beginning and an important dialogue about remaining healthy or feeling better. Patients should feel comfortable about expressing their concerns, and physicians need to listen carefully. Berger's book lays a strong foundation for constructing solid relationships between patients and their physicians.--Miksanek, Tony Copyright 2010 Booklist