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Medical personnel and the public. Physician and the public

  • Medical Consulting by Letter in France, 1665–1789by Robert Weston

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 124.95

    Ailing 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 Typeby Judy Allen; Susan A. Brock

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 46.95

    This 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 Adherenceby Hayden B. Bosworth; Eugene Z. Oddone; Morris Weinberger

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95

    This 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 Clinicby Derek Steinberg

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 40.95

    In 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 Relationshipby Pierre Mallia

    Springer 2012; US$ 39.99

    This 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 Professionalsby Stuart Lustig

    Springer Publishing Company 2012; US$ 45.00

    A 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 Patientby Walter Bruchhausen; Céline Kaiser

    Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2012; US$ 35.16

    Hauptbeschreibung 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 Doctorby Tania Heller; Elaine Moore

    McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 29.95

    Changes 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 huisartsby Henk van Weert

    Amsterdam University Press 2012; US$ 11.25

    Internationaal 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 Settingsby Dave Holmes; Trudy Rudge; Amelie Perron

    Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 119.95

    Drawing 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 Žižek, amongst others, to address the issue of violence and theorise its workings in creative and controversial ways. more...