Communicating with Medical Patients (SAGE Series in Interpersonal Communication) Book

Why are issues concerning the relationships between patients and doctors viewed as distinct from other aspects of medical practice? How can they be integrated with medical practice and education? To address these and other questions, the editors of Communicating with Medical Patients bring together the work of researchers, educators and practitioners from Britain, the U.S. and Canada. Designed to synthesize a growing international and interdisciplinary body of experience, the volume provides a mandate and a charge to medicine to fundamentally transform the traditional clinical method and the social relations it fosters between doctor and patient and between student and teacher. The contributors challenge the medical establishment to change their clinical method from that of a disease-centred to a patient-centred one. Four sections deal with issues related to the doctor's own transformation, the medical interview, teaching and learning, and validation. An important contribution to the state of the method, this practical volume is of crucial interest to professionals and students in the areas of interpersonal communication, health services and social work.Read More