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The Psychological Impact of Acute and Chronic Illness: A Practical Guide for Primary Care Physicians
Tamara Greenberg
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Description for The Psychological Impact of Acute and Chronic Illness: A Practical Guide for Primary Care Physicians
paperback. This book helps primary care physicians navigate normative and non-normative psychological responses to illness, provides advice on coping responses and offers guidance on mental health referrals. Coverage includes responses to serious and potentially life-threatening illness, and offers case studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MMJ; VFJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 630.
n the following pages, Dr. Greenberg delineates the complex forces at Iplay within patients who are newly ill or disabled, within physicians who do their best to guide patients through those debilities, and in the inter- tion that patient–physician dyads perform thousands of times daily to try to make sense of the patient’s plight. As a physician and medical educator who thinks about how to enhance communication between patients and physicians, I often view commu- cation challenges as arising from divergent cultural experiences. Each patient has a unique method of experiencing, deriving meaning from, and coping with a new or ... Read more
n the following pages, Dr. Greenberg delineates the complex forces at Iplay within patients who are newly ill or disabled, within physicians who do their best to guide patients through those debilities, and in the inter- tion that patient–physician dyads perform thousands of times daily to try to make sense of the patient’s plight. As a physician and medical educator who thinks about how to enhance communication between patients and physicians, I often view commu- cation challenges as arising from divergent cultural experiences. Each patient has a unique method of experiencing, deriving meaning from, and coping with a new or ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387336824
SKU
V9780387336824
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99-15
About Tamara Greenberg
Dr. Greenberg, a psychologist, is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco. Her experience has involved consulting with physicians regarding the psychological well being of medical patients.
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