Book
What patients say, what doctors hear / Danielle Ofri, MD.
Record details
- ISBN: 0807062634
- ISBN: 9780807062630
- Physical Description: 242 pages
- Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Communication and its discontents -- From both sides now -- It takes two -- Now hear this -- With all good intentions -- What works -- Chief listening officer -- Listen to me -- Just the facts, ma'am -- Do no harm -- What lies beneath -- The language of medicine -- Rushing to judgment -- Can it be taught? -- A fragile truce shatters -- Can we talk?. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 33.95 |
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| Subject: | Physician and patient. Interpersonal communication. Communication in medicine. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
Explores the pitfalls of doctor-patient communication, including patient symtom anxiety, physician bias, and risk of lawsuits, and reveals how better communication can lead to better health for all. - Baker & Taylor
Though the gulf between what patients say and what doctors hear is often wide, Dr. Danielle Ofri proves that it doesnât have to be. Through the powerfully resonant human stories that Ofri is celebrated for, she explores the high-stakes world of doctor-patient communication that we all must navigate. Reporting on the latest research studies and interviewing scholars, doctors and patients, Ofri reveals how better communication can lead to better health for all of us. - Random House, Inc.
Can refocusing conversations between doctors and their patients lead to better health?
Despite modern medicineâs infatuation with high-tech gadgetry, the single most powerful diagnostic tool is the doctor-patient conversation, which can uncover the lionâs share of illnesses. However, what patients say and what doctors hear are often two vastly different things.
Patients, anxious to convey their symptoms, feel an urgency to âmake their caseâ to their doctors. Doctors, under pressure to be efficient, multitask while patients speak and often miss the key elements. Add in stereotypes, unconscious bias, conflicting agendas, and fear of lawsuits and the risk of misdiagnosis and medical errors multiplies dangerously.
Though the gulf between what patients say and what doctors hear is often wide, Dr. Danielle Ofri proves that it doesnât have to be. Through the powerfully resonant human stories that Dr. Ofriâs writing is renowned for, she explores the high-stakes world of doctor-patient communication that we all must navigate. Reporting on the latest research studies and interviewing scholars, doctors, and patients, Dr. Ofri reveals how better communication can lead to better health for all of us.
