Patient-Centered Medicine: Transforming the Clinical Method

by Moira Stewart (Author), Moira Stewart (Author), Carol McWilliam (Author), Ian R. McWhinney (Author), W . Wayne Weston (Author), Thomas R. Freeman (Author), Judith Belle Brown (Author)

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  Illustrated
  1995

  $118.84

  Emphasizing an holistic philosophy, this important book encourages practitioners to surpass treatment based strictly on a one-dimensional, biomedical assessment of their patients. Among the topics covered are: conceptualizations of ill-health; consideration of the patient as an individual; the establishment of goals and cooperative strategy between physician and patient; and the realistic allocation of time, energy, and other resources of the health care provider.