Thinking of Patients

By David Misselbrook

If medicine is so great, why are more people getting sick? Why don't people turn up for follow-up checks or take their pills properly? And why do patients sometimes seem to come from another planet? Medicine doesn't happen in a vacuum. It happens between doctors and patients, who seem to inhabit very different worlds. It's not enough to think about medicine. We need to think more about patients. Thinking About Patients promotes a multidimensional model of medicine. It offers a practical guide to the psychological and social processes involved in practising medicine and in being a patient. It will help us to return to what medicine is all about - using our skills to serve patients.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1900603497
• ISBN13: 9781900603492
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"