Behavioral medicine : a guide for clinical practice /

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Edition:3rd ed.
Imprint:New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2008.
Description:xvii, 475 p. : ill.
Language:English
Series:A Lange medical book
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7198585
Related Items:Online version: Behavioral medicine
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Other authors / contributors:Feldman, Mitchell D.
Christensen, John F.
ISBN:9780071438605 (pbk.)
0071438602 (pbk.)
Notes:"A Lange medical book."
"ISSN: 1093-3468"--T.p. verso.
Rev. ed. of: Behavioral medicine in primary care. 2nd ed. c2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:Online version: Behavioral medicine
Table of Contents:
  • DOCTOR AND PATIENT: Medical interview
  • Empathy
  • Giving bad news
  • Difficult patients/difficult siuations
  • Suggestion and hypnosis
  • Practioner well-being
  • Mindful practice
  • WORKING WITH SPECIFIC POPULATIONS: Families
  • Children
  • Adolescents
  • Older patients
  • Cross-cultural communication
  • Women
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) patients
  • Vulnerable patients
  • HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIOR: Behavior change
  • Patient adherence
  • Smoking
  • Obesity
  • Eating disorders
  • Alcohol and substance use
  • MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS: Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Somatization
  • Personality disorders
  • Dementia and delirium
  • Sleep disorders
  • Sexual problems
  • SPECIAL TOPICS: Complementary and alternative medicine
  • Stress and disease
  • Pain
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Mistakes in medical practice
  • Intimate partner violence
  • Chronic illness and patient self-management
  • Palliative care, hospice, and care of the dying
  • TEACHING BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE IN MEDICAL SETTINGS: Education for competencies in the social and behavioral sciences
  • Professionalism
  • Connections and boundaries in clinical practice
  • Training of international medical graduates
  • Trainee well-being.