Product Description

The leading book on the full range of behavioral issues confronting primary care clinicians. This book covers the psychosocial problems commonly seen in primary care practice and presents clinically relevant approaches to their solution. With clinical vignettes included throughout, this text features strategies for building a strong physician-patient relationship and coverage of commonly encountered psychiatric illnesses.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #678512 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 382 pages

Review
"Early chapters emphasize patient-physician relationship and communication skills. Subsequent chapters apply behavioral change principles and techniques to a variety of health-related conditions. This book is well organized, easy to read, and practical. It provides valuable current references along with helpful websites." "This book is excellent for medical students, residents, and physicians. It is a valuable update of a previous edition. It provides relevant compelling evidence for the interdisciplinary nature of many medical problems. The tables, charts, and case illustrations make this book an easy and valuable read." (Doody's )

From the Back Cover
Use a Behavioral Medicine Approach to Improve Clinical Outcome

All primary care physicians, their residents, and students would benefit from the central message of this book: medical practice occurs in the context of the physician-patient relationship, and only by understanding, managing, and using that relationship in an ethical, supportive, and effective fashion can primary care practice be conducted appropriately.
-- Journal of General Internal Medicine *

Cohesively edited…bolstered by clinical vignettes…well positioned as an introduction for the physician-teacher and physician-in-training to the demands of the expanding role of physician as therapist….[Other texts] are not directed at the physician-in-training, are not case based, and are not as useful as a quick reference.
-- Annals of Internal Medicine *

An excellent resource…Our family practice residency program has recently adopted this text as the primary resource for our behavioral science curriculum and provides each resident with a copy. It would be similarly useful for internists, nurse practitioners, and other primary care practitioners in training…Primary care health psychologists, medical school faculty, and others needing a compact and useful reference in this area will find this book highly valuable.
-- Annals of Behavioral Science & Medical Education *

Doctors Feldman and Christensen have done primary care practice a good and important service with the publication of their book. It remains for clinicians and teachers to open their minds and practices to the ideas within it.
-- From the Foreword, by Steven A. Schroeder, MD * Of the first edition.

Authored by nationally recognized experts, this outstanding reference offers essential behavioral insights and practical management strategies that will help clinicians and students build a strong relationship with their patients and ensure that they provide the best possible treatment for medical and psychiatric disorders. No other resource so effectively examines how behavior – from the standpoint of the clinician as well as the patient – affects treatment decisions and results.

Features and Topics Covered:
*New chapter on Complementary & Alternative Medicine
*All chapters substantially revised and updated
*Up-to-date information on psychopharmacologic treatment of psychiatric illnesses
*Greater emphasis on evidence-based medicine
*Practical approach to behavior change
*Mental disorders as they commonly occur in medical practice
*Issues in the relationship between provider and patient
*Adherence to medical treatment
*Care of the dying
*Dealing with medical errors
*Physician well-being
*Clinical vignettes
*Updated references and web resources

About the Author
Mitchell D. Feldman, MD, MPhil Associate Professor of Medicine Division of General Internal Medicine Department of Medicine UCSF School of Medicine San Francisco, California

Department of Medicine Legacy Portland Hospitals Portland, Oregon

Customer Reviews

behavior is medicine
I teach med students and residents and find that this book is one of the best resources to describe the overlay between behavior and physiology. So many students say "well, that psychology stuff is just intuitive......I know what I'd feel" without recognizing that what they feel isn't the point - what their patients feel is! This book builds the necessary bridge between intuition and research.
My students express surprise that there IS a science behind behavior and there ARE ways to break bad news to patients and there IS a link between psychology and physiology (perhaps best illustrated by the great flow diagram on stress).
This book summarizes material well and uses good case examples. If I were going to write a book on behavioral science in medicine, this is the book I'd write.

An excellent aid in the primary care setting!
This book is a wonderful overview of both common and difficult issues in the clinic setting, and very relevant to outpatient practice. It is easy reading, but full of practical tips and up-to-date references. I would recommend it to every primary care resident as an aid in their training.

good resource
I picked up this book for my clinical psychology course at Palmer College of Chiropractic West. It has been a good resource for learning about different ways to deal with all kinds of people that may be coming into the clinic. The book is written in a style that makes it interesting and easy to read. I recommend this book to anyone in the healthcare field looking for information concerning the interview with the patient, working with specific populations (such as geriatrics or pediatrics), health-related behavior (such as Obesity), and mental/behavioral disorders.