Main description:

This book introduces the patient-centered clinical method, including its evolution and relationship to other models of care. It describes the interactive components of the patient-centered clinical method and deals with key health care contexts within which patient-centered clinical care is enacted.

Contents:

Part One: Overview 1. Introduction 2. The Evolution of Clinical Method Part Two: The Four Components of the Patient- Centered Clinical Method 3. The First Component: Exploring Health, Disease, and the Illness Experience 4. The Second Component: Understanding The Whole Person 5. The Second Component: Understanding the Whole Person 6. The Third Component: Finding Common Ground 7. The Fourth Component: Enhancing The Patient- Doctor Relationship Part Three: Learning and Teaching the Patient- Centered Clinical Method 8. Becoming a Physician: the Human Experience of Medical Education 9. Learner- Centered Teaching 10. Challenges in Learning and Teaching the Patient- Centered Clinical Method 11. Teaching the Patient- Centered Clinical Method: Practical Tips 12. The Case Report as a Teaching Tool for Patient- Centered Care Part Four: The Health Care Context and Patient- Centered Care 13. Team- Centered Approach: How to Build and Sustain a Team 14. Health Care Costs and Patient- Centered Care Part Five: Research on Patient- Centered Care 15. Using Qualitative Methodologies to Illuminate Patient- Centered Care 16. Evidence on the Impact of Patient- Centered Care 17. Measuring Patient Perceptions of Patient- Centeredness 18. Measuring Patient- Centeredness 19. Conclusions