Feldman Mitchell D <br/><br/>
Behavioral medicine in primary care / 
edited by Mitchell D. Feldman, John F. Christensen. 
 - Second edition. 
 - xvi, 382 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> "A Lange medical book."  Previous edition: New York: Appleton & Lange, 1997. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Doctor & patient -- Medical interview -- Empathy -- Giving bad news -- Difficult patient -- Sexual issues and professional development: a challenge for medical education -- Suggestion & hypnosis -- Physician well-being -- Working with specific populations -- Families -- Children -- Adolescents -- Older patients -- Cross-cultural communication -- Lesbian & gay patients -- Women -- Health-related behavior -- Behavior change -- Patient adherence -- Smoking -- Obesity -- Eating disorders -- Alcohol & substance use -- Mental & behavioral disorders -- Depression -- Anxiety -- Somatization -- Personality disorders -- Dementia -- Sleep disorders -- Sexual problems -- Special topics -- Complementary & alternative medicine -- Stress & disease -- Pain -- HIV/AIDS -- Mistakes in medical practice -- Domestic violence -- Chronic illness -- Death & dying. 
<br/><br/> Authored by nationally recognized experts, this outstanding reference offers essential behavioral insights and practical management strategies that will help clinicians and students build a strong relationship with their patients and ensure that they provide the best possible treatment for medical and psychiatric disorders. No other resource so effectively examines how behavior - from the standpoint of the clinician as well as the patient -- affects treatment decisions and results. Book jacket. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0071383360 9780071383363 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA3-Y4247 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicine and psychology.<br/>Clinical psychology.<br/>Primary Health Care.<br/>Behavioral Medicine.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R726.5  / B44 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.89 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2003 G-703 W 84.6  / B422 2003