Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method [Paperback]

Robert C. Smith (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781732794 | ISBN-13: 978-0781732796 | Publication Date: January 15, 2002 | Edition: Second

Written by an eminent authority on interviewing techniques and resident training, Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method provides practical, how-to guidance on every aspect of physician-patient communication. Readers will hone their skills in patient-centered interviewing techniques whose effectiveness is documented by published evidence.Chapters present techniques for defining the patient's symptoms, making the doctor-centered part of the interviewing process patient-friendly, and handling specific scenarios. Also included are effective strategies for summarizing data from the interview, presenting these findings to colleagues, and using patient education materials. The book's user-friendly design features icons, boxed case vignettes, and use of color to highlight key points.

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Doody's Book Review Service , 15-JUN-02, Donald Frey, MD, Creighton University Medical Center -- "Given the increasing reliance on invasive testing and medical interviewing to the exclusion of sound history taking, such a book is sorely needed. This work fills the niche well...Symptom defining skills are emphasized, and short, easy-to-follow vignettes are used to illustrate the book's interviewing approach. A 'learning exercise' section, written in a question-and-answer format, follows each chapter and helps summarize the elements of each section. Finally, the section on patient education is particularly helpful in weaving education issues into the medical interview...This manual has the capacity to serve both as a teaching tool for students learning the arduous task of medical interviewing, as well as a quick review for the busy practitioner seeking ways to more efficiently deal with difficult patients and multi-problem patients."-Doody's Book Review Service

Product Details

• Paperback: 317 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Second edition (January 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781732794
• ISBN-13: 978-0781732796
• Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 7.1 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #597,199 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Patient Centered Interviewing, January 8, 2008

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Richard Frankel "pageturner" (indianapolis, Indiana USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method (Paperback)

Patient-Centered Interviewing by Robert C. Smith, MD, MS

Richard M. Frankel Ph.D.
Glenda R. Westmoreland, MD, MPH

Dr. Smith's book is an excellent resource for medical students beginning to learn the art and skill of the medical interview. The book offers a step by step approach to the patient interview using a "patient-centered" approach. From a behavioral science perspective, this book is a welcome addition as it is evidence based and provides a clear rationale for each of the steps in the interview. From a clinical point of view the advanced interviewing chapter which provides information about how to interview more challenging patients is particularly helpful. This textbook is practical and provides learners with the tools interview patients with a gamut of complexities in their histories.
Highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy Read., April 24, 2009

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Vitamin K (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method (Paperback)

This book was required for my Intro to Clinical Medicine class and I found it to be an easy and quick read. It's dead on for what they want you to know about interviewing a patient. Not necessary to buy if you don't want to spend the money and you have a teacher that is basically going to give you all the information anyway. It is, however, the basics of a good medical interview that everyone should learn.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, September 24, 2011

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This review is from: Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method (Paperback)

This is a great book if you are in any aspect of the medical field and deal with patients regularly