The Patient: Biological, Psychological, and Social Dimensions of Medical Practice / Edition 3

by Hoyle Leigh, Morton F. Reiser

Overview

This revised and updated edition incorporates new developments that have emerged since the publication of the second edition in 1985.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306441424
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	05/31/1992
Edition description:	3rd ed. 1992
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	15.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.40(d)

Table of Contents

On Becoming a Patient: Illness and Help-Seeking Behavior. The Sick Role. Expectations in the Consulting Room. On Being a Patient: Anxiety. Psychological Defense Mechanisms. Depression, Mania, and Suicide. Psychosis. Confusion, Delirium, and Dementia. Pain. Substance Abuse. Sleep and Dreaming. On Assessing a Patient: Approach to a Patient. Current Context. Recent Context. Background Context. On Managing a Patient: The Case of the Sick Tarzan. The Doctor-Patient Relationship. The Patient's Personality. The Hospitalized Patient. Therapeutic Dimensions. Drugs that Affect Behavior. Some Illustrative Patients. Summary and Perspectives. Index.

Editorial Reviews

From a review of the second edition: ‘This well-written book...[presents] medical and behavioral science information that is both clear and compelling....it is both scholarly and readable.'
Annals of Internal Medicine

From the Publisher

New edition of a text first published in 1980 (and revised in 1985) and initially intended for medical students needing a basic behavioral science text. The audience is now broader, and the material presented is essential core data for medical behavioral science as well as a guide to approaching patients. Coverage includes help-seeking behavior, the sick role, expectations in the consulting room, anxiety, defense mechanisms, mood disorders, psychosis, pain, substance abuse, sleep and dreams, assessment, and management. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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