Patient- Centered Medicine: Transforming the Clinical Method

by Moira Stewart, W. Wayne Weston, Judith Belle Brown, et al.

Book Overview

Fully describing and explaining the patient-centered model of care, the second edition of this volume demonstrates how the clinical method has evolved. Divided into four parts, it comprehensively covers the evolution, the six interactive components of the patient-centered clinical method, teaching and learning, and research including research findings and reviews. Qualitative and quantitative research on the patient-centered clinical method is examined...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857759818
• ISBN13: 9781857759815
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Radcliffe Medical Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Important analysis, but somewhat long

This is a very important work, addressing a very important topic: Patient centered medicine. However, it is rather long, and at times, dense and slow reading. Strengths: Excellent cases, very thoughtful analysis. Includes a lot of theory. Weaknesses: Multiple authors makes some chapters more difficult than others.