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The Clinical encounter : a guide to the medical interview and case presentation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Billings, J. Andrew
Other Authors: Stoeckle, John D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: St. Louis : Mosby, [1999]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Medical History Taking > methods.
Physician-Patient Relations.
Patient Education as Topic.
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Guide to the interview
  • Overview
  • Beginning the interview and establishing a relationship
  • Eliciting information for diagnosis and management I: the interviewing process
  • Eliciting information for diagnosis and management II: the content of the medical interview
  • More interviewing techniques
  • Consulting with your preceptor
  • The Exposition phase: informing and counseling the patient
  • Recording
  • pt. 2. Advanced topics
  • More tactics for eliciting information.
  • Learning from hearing and seeing yourself
  • The Mental status examination
  • Difficult relationships
  • Carrying out a plan
  • The Return visit
  • Home visits and functional assessment
  • The Medical record
  • Oral case presentations
  • Collaborative care
  • Afterword: a history of history-taking
  • Appendixes
  • Complete case write-up
  • Sample problem list
  • Basic outpatient medical history form
  • Criteria for case write-ups.