The Medical Interview: The Three-Function Approach - Softcover

Steven A. Cole; Julian Bird

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Synopsis

The 2nd Edition of The Medical Interview presents basic interviewing skills in a systematic approach designed to assist students in mastering communicating with patients. A new unit on managing common challenging communicating situations including language and cultural barriers, pediatric and elderly patients, and non-verbal communication has been added. The text emphasizes straightforward tasks, behaviors, and skills that can be easily demonstrated, practiced, and mastered by learners.

  • Each of the three core functions of the interview are served by a concrete set of skills that students can understand, practice, master, and remember.
  • The last two sections of the book specifically address processes for learning and teaching medical interviewing.
  • The appendix contains an educational supplement for instructors that may be helpful in designing short courses on interviewing.
  • The Three-Functional Model offers learners a simplified, straightforward approach to the communication process.
  • 2nd Edition now has new 2-color text design.
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    About the Author

    Steven Cole, MD is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Emeritus at S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook Health Sciences Center. He has been awarded grants from the National Institute of Mental Health and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for clinical, disease management and educational work on depression in general medical settings. He has published more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and 30 book chapters, mostly related to psychiatric disorders in medical patients. https://webcampus.drexelmed.edu/doccom/db/assets/authors/StevenCole.htm;

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    9780323052214: The Medical Interview: The Three Function Approach with STUDENT CONSULT Online Access

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    ISBN 10:  0323052215 ISBN 13:  9780323052214
    Publisher: Saunders, 2013
    Softcover