Customer Reviews

The Medical Interview: Mastering Skills for Clinical Practice (Medical Interview)

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Many clinicians confuse conversation skills (which most people have) with professional communication skills (which most have had little formal training in at all).
The cinicians in our practice have found it helpful in becoming more patient-centered in the goals setting process. The payoff being that patients who are more involved in their goal setiing and treatment planning are usually are more adherent to their treatment plan and demonstrate better outcomes. The book does a good job describing the difference between the traditional clinician-centered interview proceess and the patient-centered interview process and helping us blend the two. It does a particularly good job at giving strategies of how to work with various types of patients, i.e. the reticent, passive, overly talkative etc..
Strong in the fundamentals. Practical.
Highly recommended

Excellent book for an introduction of the subject to medical students. Gives many examples of interviews that are very helpful. Rapid reading.

Book came in perfect condition and MUCH earlier than expected. I am very happy with the product and I would definitely buy from them again!

This book was required for one of my classes and I found it to be somewhat useful. It has some pretty good case scenarios that you can definitely learn from.

I am very pleased with my purchase. I bought this book to read on my own...I was introduced to it by a former instructor. The book is very informative and defintely a must if you're going into the medical field where you will have to deal with patients on a regular basis.

An excellent book for all the people interested in the topic. It is very clear and direct, but it can get sometimes repetitive.

Just another textbook that medical mandates you to purchase. Check it out from the library and keep your money in your pocket. Quick read but dull at times.

This book is a piece of doody. DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK. It seems as if it was written for robots to teach them how to interact with human patients. If you have any social skills whatsoever, you do not need to buy this book.

I really loathe this book. It's a dull, slow read. It's full of ridiculously trite little examples. It will spend three full pages coming up with different ways to say "appear caring." An intelligent person could convey all the useful information in this book to someone in about 30 minutes.

I have an exam I know is based almost solely on this book, and I still feel like I wasted money on it.

If you've ever held a conversation with another human, you don't need this book.