The Behavioral Sciences and Health Care [Paperback]

Olle Jane Sahler (Editor), John E. Carr (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0889373078 | ISBN-13: 978-0889373075 | Publication Date: June 30, 2007 | Edition: 2 Rev Upd

This work is suitable for medical and other students and trainees learning the behavioral sciences. It is a clearly structured, compact text on the behavioral sciences for medical and other students and trainees, including practical features such as annotated review questions and a practice exam. The brand new edition of this compact text presents succinct information about the wide variety of behavioral, social, and psychological sciences that comprise the behavioral sciences relevant to health and wellness. Based around but expanding on the Integrated Sciences Model, and integrating the Institute of Medicine's key themes for medical training, the new edition is organized in sections covering: Biological Mediators of Behavior; Individual-Environment Interaction; Development Through the Life Cycle; Social and Cultural Determinants; Societal and Behavioral Health Challenges; The Health Care System, Policy, and Economics; Physician-Patient Interaction; and Psychopathology. New chapters deal with Stress, Adaptation, and Illness; Geriatric Health and Successful Aging; Palliative Care; Health Care Issues Facing Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals; Competency in Clinical Education; Health Literacy; and Changing Risk Behaviors. Clear appendices review principles of epidemiology and biostatistics. Each chapter begins with guidance questions and ends with current recommended readings and review questions. A complete 300+ question-and-answer USMLE-type review section not only allows readers to check how well they have learned the material, but also highlights important points and adds additional specific information to supplement the text. The authors of this text are experienced teachers and researchers drawn primarily from the membership of the Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Rewied in Doody's Listing and Reviews of your books,by Marie A Dewitt, MD(Rush University Medical Center)**Description**This compact book, organized according to Institute of Medicine themes,discusses the importance of integrating the behavioral, social, and biological sciences in approaching health and pathology. This is an update to the originaltext that was published in 2003.**Purpose**The second edition successfully presents information about the various social, biological, and psychological approaches that comprise the behavioral sciences and are essential to a complete understanding of health, wellness, and illness.This edition includes updated material and additional chapters on stress and adaptation, aging, palliative care, risk behaviors, clinical education, health literacy, and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender healthcare issues.**Audience**Written by qualified members of the Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education, this is intended as a text for medical and other students and trainees. It would best serve graduate or professional students in medical,public health, social work, and other health sciences disciplines. It is essential for training programs that seek to teach the multifaceted aspects of healthcare. Individual chapters or sections may also be appropriate for morespecific classes (e.g., undergraduate courses in gerontology) or populations (e.g., medical residents).**Features**The book is exceptionally well organized into thematically based sections with questions listed at the beginning of each chapter, clearly defined subsections within chapters, and recommended readings and questions with answers at theconclusion of each chapter. Appendixes provide a more in-depth discussion of basic epidemiology and biostatistics. A comprehensive index follows a USMLE-style practice test with answers. The topic matter covered is notablydiverse. Future editions might be enhanced by including discussions on disabilities as well as occupational and organizational health.**Assessment**This updated and enriched edition is an indispensable contribution to understanding an approach to healthcare that appears simple but in actuality is frequently more complex than appreciated. The organization allows for easy use in the teaching setting and would be most beneficial in this context.-----------------------------------------------------------Weighted Numerical Score: 96 - 4 Stars!Review comments on the first edition: "Takes attempts to integrate basic and behavioral sciences to a new level...Enables students to see the importance of all aspects of a patient's life and their influence on healthcare behaviors...Material is presented in a logical and concise manner that will appeal to medical students." (Patricia Lenehan in Annals of Behavioral Science and Medical Education)

About the Author

Olle Jane Z. Sahler, M.D. is currently Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Medical Humanities, and Oncology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. She is a behavioral pediatrician with a special interest in the care of chronically and terminally ill children and their families. Her foundation- and federally-funded research over the years has focused on siblings and mothers of children with cancer. More recently, she has been funded by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health to study the effects of using music therapy in the management of patients undergoing bone marrow or stem cell transplantation on symptom control and immune reconstitution. She was the Director of the Pediatric Clerkship at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, the Director of the Department of Education at the American Academy of Pediatrics, as well as the founding president of the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics. As President of the Association for the Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education (ABSAME) she began a project to develop a comprehensive curriculum guide for medical student and resident education in the behavioral sciences. John E. Carr, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Psychology at the University of Washington where he has played a principal role in developing behavioral science curricula for the School of Medicine. He has written extensively about the need for an "Integrated Sciences Model" for the behavioral and biological sciences in medical education. He has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization on Behavioral Sciences in Health Care Training and recently co-coordinated a cooperative venture between the Association of Behavioral Sciences and Medical Education, the Association of Medical School Psychologists, and the International Union of Psychological Societies to develop behavioral science training modules for WHO. He holds Diplomates in Clinical and Health Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Association of Psychological Science, Society of Behavioral Medicine, and the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. He has served on the National Board of Medical Examiners Behavioral Sciences Test Committee, and is a founding member and two-time Past President of the Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Pub; 2 Rev Upd edition (June 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0889373078
• ISBN-13: 978-0889373075
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #607,518 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A particularly weak book in the field of behavioral sciences., July 21, 2008

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At the outset, this book shows every promise of being a great book for a psychiatry, psychopathology, or behavioral sciences course. It has a great layout, plenty of USMLE-style review questions (most of which are actually good), and covers a broad spectrum of topics. Yet, here the expectations end unfulfilled.

The text is too long to be a review book and yet, too perfunctory and simple to be a textbook. It lies in a middling area of inadequacy. The authors would have done better to include more detail so as to be comprehensive and/or restructured the text to eliminate a lot of unnecessary sentences dedicated to explaining simple concepts that belittle the, no doubt, educated reader. There are much better texts in terms of learning behavioral sciences for the Step 1 such as the BRS or High-Yield books by Barbara Fadem, these books are much more succinct and stick to the relevant material.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Speedy, and like new book as promised, February 12, 2008

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I had absolutely no problem with buying this book. The book arrived without delay and in excellent condition. I believe I bought the book as "like new" but it looks brand new to me. I would highly recommend this seller. Thanks~