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Medical Consulting by Letter in France, 16651789
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 124.95Ailing seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French men and women, members of their families, or their local physician or surgeon, could write to high profile physicians and surgeons seeking expert medical advice. This study, the first full-length examination of the practice of consulting by letter, provides a cohesive portrayal of some of the widespread... more...
Health Care Communication Using Personality Type
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 46.95This groundbreaking text draws upon examples from everyday health care situations to demonstrate that the behaviour differences we all experience in others actually fit within a readily understandable framework (the MBI). more...
Patient Treatment Adherence
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95This new book summarizes the adherence literature for a number of specific health behaviors and populations. It provides a comprehensive source on the conceptualization, interventions, and measurement of treatment adherence and a synthesis of the research across demographic and chronic diseases. The text presents problems associated with treatment... more...
Letters From the Clinic
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 40.95In every field of therapeutic practice a significant amount of time is spent writing letters about and to patients. In Letters From the Clinic Derek Steinberg applies detailed literary and psychological analysis to over 40 letters, highlighting why certain words or phrases were used, how they could have been put better, and builds around them principles... more...
The Nature of the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Springer 2012; US$ 39.99This book serves to unite biomedical principles, which have been criticized as a model for solving moral dilemmas by inserting them and understanding them through the perspective of the phenomenon of health care relationship. Consequently, it attributes a possible unification of virtue-based and principle-based approaches. more...
Advocacy Strategies for Health and Mental Health Professionals
Springer Publishing Company 2012; US$ 45.00A wealth of advocacy tools for health and mental health professionals at all levels of training and practice are included in this clear and comprehensive volume. Written by medical, legal, and policy experts, it fills a void in the literature by addressing multiple topics in advocacy in the health field as a whole. The text addresses the legislative... more...
Szenen des Erstkontakts zwischen Arzt und Patient
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2012; US$ 35.16Hauptbeschreibung Wenn Arzt und Patient sich zum ersten Mal begegnen, geschieht weit mehr als ein bloßer Informationsaustausch und der Abschluss eines Behandlungskontraktes. Zwischen Begrüßung und Verabschiedung wirken zwischen Arzt und Patient eine Vielzahl von Faktoren, welche die wechselseitige Begegnung beeinflussen. Jenseits von sprachlichem... more...
You and Your Doctor
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 29.95Changes in the healthcare field have threatened the once sacred relationship between patient and physician. While much has been written for physicians and other healthcare providers on the subject of the doctor-patient relationship, information tailored for patients remains lacking. This volume offers practical information to help patients make the... more...
De wetenschap van de huisarts
Amsterdam University Press 2012; US$ 11.25Internationaal vergelijkend onderzoek laat zien dat een sterke huisartsgeneeskundige discipline zorgt voor een verhoging van de kwaliteit en doelmatigheid van de gezondheidszorg. De volgende kenmerken van de huisarts zijn hiervoor verantwoordelijk: onbeperkte toegankelijkheid, een poortwachtersrol, persoonlijke continuïteit en persoonsgerichte oriëntatie.... more...
(Re)Thinking Violence in Health Care Settings
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 119.95Drawing together the latest research from Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US, (Re)Thinking Violence in Health Care Settings engages with the work of critical theorists such as Bourdieu, Butler, Foucault, Latour, and iek, amongst others, to address the issue of violence and theorise its workings in creative and controversial ways. more...









