Understanding the Consultation

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-335-23306-9
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

The general practice consultation is one of the most challenging encounters in medicine. It demands of the doctor not only a high degree of technical knowledge and skill, but also considerable interpersonal competence and self-knowledge. Many books have been written about the consultation, but most are informed by a limited range of theoretical perspectives. The aim of this book is to help the reader gain a deeper understanding of the encounter between patient and doctor by examining it from a number of different points of view. Topics that are addressed include: - information sharing and decision making in the consultation - theories of the patient-doctor relationship - the social context of illnessThe research evidence is described, and practical implications for patient care are explored. Verbal and non-verbal communication, the care of patients with chronic illness, and management of emotional and psychosocial problems are discussed in detail.Understanding the Consultation will be of particular interest to trainee general practitioners, but should also be of interest to established general practitioners and senior medical students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Usherwood, Tim

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Allgemeinmedizin, Familienmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Preface
The consultation in context
Information sharing in the consultation
Empathy and rapport
Psychodynamic insights
The transactional perspective
Discourse in the consultation
The family and chronic illness
Emotional and psychosocial problems
Somatization and somatic fixation
The consultation back in context
References
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Tim Usherwood is Professor of General Practice at the University of Sydney. A London graduate, his first practice was beside the lower Clyde shipyards in Scotland, and his second was in central Sheffield. He now practises at Daruk Aboriginal community-controlled health service in Western Sydney.