{"product_id":"caring-for-patients-9780804731539","title":"Caring for Patients","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn experienced and compassionate physician questions the prevailing medical model of patient care—that every illness has a physical cause that can be identified and treated medically—and argues for the necessity of taking the psychological and social situation of the patient into account in the process of diagnosis and treatment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The late Allen Barbour, a master clinician-educator . . . has distilled 40 years of experience into a book that is both practical and scholarly. . . . A book to be read cover to cover by health care providers of all types, in training as well as midway through their careers. Were he alive today, Osler would be pleased to write the preface.\" -- \u003ci\u003eAnnals of Internal Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Extremely thoughtful and well researched, this book offers practical approaches to typically difficult patient problems. . . . I highly recommend this book to anyone teaching or practicing primary care—physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and behavioral scientists.\" -- \u003ci\u003eFamily Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A legacy of Barbour's 40-year career in teaching, scholarship, and patient care, \u003ci\u003eCaring for Patients\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent read. The writing is crisp and lucid. . . . A gem of a book.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew England Journal of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A book to be read cover to cover by health care providers of all types, in training as well as midway through their careers. Were he alive today, Osler would be pleased to write the preface.\" -- \u003ci\u003eAnnals of Internal Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The author is to be congratulated for assembling a most readable, concise, yet scholarly review of the importance of using a biopsychosocial approach in conceptualizing and treating mental illness.\" -- \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Psychiatry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Part I. The Need for a Person-Centred Perspective: 1. The limitations of the medical model  2. 'What this patient needs is a doctor'  3. The concept of disease  4. Personal illness: the functional disorders  5. Personal illness: the concept of care determines the outcome  6. Diagnostic strategies for unrecognised personal illness  7. Health practices, psychosocial distress, and organic disease  8. Psychiatric disorders: the medical model in perspective  9. Psychiatric disorders: is feeling depressed a disease? 10. Barriers to person-centered care  Part II. Emotions and Emotional Symptoms: 11. Cognitive\/emotional dissociation: a common cause of illness  12. Emotionally induced physical symptoms  13. Functional syndromes: differential diagnosis  Part III. Person-Centred Care: 14. Collaboration begins: the medical history  15. Misunderstandings and hidden issues  16. Collaboration continues: first talks about personal illness  17. The core of the collaboration: the personal interview  18. Engaging the patient.","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405517168983,"sku":"9780804731539","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804731539.jpg?v=1730492733","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/caring-for-patients-9780804731539","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}