The Clinical Encounter: A Guide to the Medical Interview and Case Presentation

By J. Andrew Billings

A guide to the first step of patient evaluation - interviewing medical students. Section I is a guide to the medical interview and to oral and written case presentation. Section II provides interview strategies for example, treating distraught patients, ways to share bad news and how to elicit information on sexual history or alcohol abuse.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815108079
• ISBN13: 9780815108078
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Year Book Medical Pub
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 7.5" x 1.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher