In this issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Heather Hofmann brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Communication Skills and Challenges in Medical Practice. Communication is a core part of medical practice, and just as physicians increase their knowledge and hone clinical reasoning skills, so too must communication skills be refined. This issue provides an evidence-based review of patient-centered communication for the general practitioner, covering key communications skills commonly used in patient encounters, including challenges posed by modern medicine to effective communication.
Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including addressing the challenges of cross-cultural communication; gender and health communication; eliciting the patient narrative; motivating behavioral change; breaking bad news; using technology to enhance communication; and more.
Provides in-depth clinical reviews on communication skills and challenges in medical practice, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. CME: Accreditation Page - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. v 7. Contributors - p. vii 8. Foreword - p. xv 9. Preface - p. xvii 10. Essential Elements of Communication - p. 557 11. Patient Perspective: Importance and How to Elicit - p. 569 12. Addressing the Challenges of Cross-Cultural Communication - p. 577 13. Health Communication and Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression - p. 589 14. The Diagnostic Medical Interview - p. 601 15. Identifying and Managing Treatment Nonadherence - p. 615 16. Motivating Behavioral Change - p. 627 17. Delivering Bad News - p. 641 18. Establishing Goals of Care - p. 653 19. The Role of Informed Consent in Clinical and Research Settings - p. 663 20. Classifying and Disclosing Medical Errors - p. 675 21. When Communication Breaks Down: Handling Hostile Patients - p. 689 22. Using Technology to Enhance Communication - p. 705 23. Communicating with Community: Health Disparities and Health Equity Considerations - p. 715 24. Improving Communication Skills: A Roadmap for Humanistic Health Care - p. 727
In this issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Heather Hofmann brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Communication Skills and Challenges in Medical Practice. Communication is a core part of medical practice, and just as physicians increase their knowledge and hone clinical reasoning skills, so too must communication skills be refined. This issue provides an evidence-based review of patient-centered communication for the general practitioner, covering key communications skills commonly used in patient encounters, including challenges posed by modern medicine to effective communication.
Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including addressing the challenges of cross-cultural communication; gender and health communication; eliciting the patient narrative; motivating behavioral change; breaking bad news; using technology to enhance communication; and more.
Provides in-depth clinical reviews on communication skills and challenges in medical practice, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. i 3. Table of Contents - p. i 4. Copyright - p. ii 5. CME: Accreditation Page - p. iii 6. Forthcoming Issues - p. v 7. Contributors - p. vii 8. Foreword - p. xv 9. Preface - p. xvii 10. Essential Elements of Communication - p. 557 11. Patient Perspective: Importance and How to Elicit - p. 569 12. Addressing the Challenges of Cross-Cultural Communication - p. 577 13. Health Communication and Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression - p. 589 14. The Diagnostic Medical Interview - p. 601 15. Identifying and Managing Treatment Nonadherence - p. 615 16. Motivating Behavioral Change - p. 627 17. Delivering Bad News - p. 641 18. Establishing Goals of Care - p. 653 19. The Role of Informed Consent in Clinical and Research Settings - p. 663 20. Classifying and Disclosing Medical Errors - p. 675 21. When Communication Breaks Down: Handling Hostile Patients - p. 689 22. Using Technology to Enhance Communication - p. 705 23. Communicating with Community: Health Disparities and Health Equity Considerations - p. 715 24. Improving Communication Skills: A Roadmap for Humanistic Health Care - p. 727
