A Patient-Centered Approach for the Chronically-Ill

by Irene S. Switankowsky

Overview

A Patient-Centered Approach to the Chronically-Ill addresses the unique needs of chronically-ill patients and the challenges they present for medical doctors. This book features four principles of the patient-centered approach that can be used by physicians in treating chronically-ill patients. By adhering to these four principles, physicians will be able to humanely treat chronically-ill patients with the care and attention that they need in order to encourage them to manage their symptoms in the best possible way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761866275
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	11/16/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	84
File size:	195 KB

About the Author

Irene S. Switankowsky writes on medical ethics and ethics. She is the author of A New Paradigm for Informed Consent (University Press of America, 1998) and A Patient-Centered Approach for the Terminally-Ill (University Press of America, 2011). She has a book that is forthcoming entitled A Patient-Centered Approach to Geriatric Care.
Irene S. Switankowsky is a review editor for Humane Medicine International. This is her second medical ethics book; her first, A New Paradigm for Informed Consent, was published in 1998.

Table of Contents

Part I
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - The Nature of Chronic Illness
Chapter 3 - Patient-Related Problems when Dealing with a Chronic Illness
Chapter 4 - Physician-Related Problems when Dealing with a Chronic Illness
Part II
Chapter 5 - Empathic Physician–Patient Communication
Chapter 6 - Effective Physician–Patient Understanding
Chapter 7 - Successful Decision-Making
Chapter 8 - Developing an Effective Physician–Patient Relationship
Chapter 9 - A Humane Patient-Centered Approach
Bibliography
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