DeMyer, William, 1924-
Taking the clinical history : eliciting symptoms, knowing the patient, ethical foundations / William E. DeMyer. - xv, 352 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Outline of the clinical history -- Basic definitions : disease, symptoms, signs, syndromes, and diagnosis -- The importance of the clinical history -- How the physician's ethics and goals determine the content and techniques of the clinical history -- Privacy, the setting, and the apparel for an optimum clinical history -- The patient's chief concern and present illness -- The past clinical history and the review of systems -- The family history -- The mental status and psychosocial history -- The pregnancy and developmental history (for pediatric patients) -- The preventive history and wellness -- Succeeding with the difficult history -- Ending the clinical history, recording it, and integrating it with the physical examination -- The history, appropriate management, informed consent, and patient autonomy -- The clinical history of the medical model compared to alternative models -- Fostering empathy and compassion.
9780195373776 (alk. paper) 0195373774 (alk. paper)
Medical history taking.
Medical ethics.
Medical History Taking .-- methods.
Ethics, Medical.
RC65 / .D36 2009
Taking the clinical history : eliciting symptoms, knowing the patient, ethical foundations / William E. DeMyer. - xv, 352 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Outline of the clinical history -- Basic definitions : disease, symptoms, signs, syndromes, and diagnosis -- The importance of the clinical history -- How the physician's ethics and goals determine the content and techniques of the clinical history -- Privacy, the setting, and the apparel for an optimum clinical history -- The patient's chief concern and present illness -- The past clinical history and the review of systems -- The family history -- The mental status and psychosocial history -- The pregnancy and developmental history (for pediatric patients) -- The preventive history and wellness -- Succeeding with the difficult history -- Ending the clinical history, recording it, and integrating it with the physical examination -- The history, appropriate management, informed consent, and patient autonomy -- The clinical history of the medical model compared to alternative models -- Fostering empathy and compassion.
9780195373776 (alk. paper) 0195373774 (alk. paper)
Medical history taking.
Medical ethics.
Medical History Taking .-- methods.
Ethics, Medical.
RC65 / .D36 2009