Understanding The Consultation - Couverture souple

Usherwood, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0335199984 ISBN 13 : 9780335199983

Editeur : Open University Press, 1999

Synopsis

The general practice consultation is one of the most challenging encounters in medicine. It demnds of the doctor not only a high degree of technical knowledge and skill, but also considerable interpersonal competence and self-knowledge. The aims of this text is to help the reader gain a deeper understanding of the encounter between patient and doctor by examining it from a number of different points of view, including: information sharing; theories of the patient-doctor relationship; and the social context of illness.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tim Usherwood is Professor of General Practice at the University of Sydney. A London graduate, his first practice was beside the lower Clyde shipyards in Scotland, and his second was in central Sheffield. He now practises at Daruk Aboriginal community-controlled health service in Western Sydney.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Open University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0335199984
• ISBN 13: 9780335199983
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 154
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• Personne responsable: non disponible