Pediatric Interviewing A Practical, Relationship-Based Approach /

• Main Author: Binder, James (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2010.
• Series: Current Clinical Practice
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Internal medicine.; Pediatrics.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.; Internal Medicine.

Clear and effective communication in a clinical context has enormous benefits, and especially in pediatrics, where assessing patients’ symptoms is more challenging. Clinicians who interview well gather extra data, to be sure, but also gain from a number of other positive outcomes, from happier patie...

Table of Contents:

• The Shut-Down Interview and Relationships
• The Medical Interview: The Opening Phase
• History of Present Illness
• Concluding Phase
• Family
• The Well-Child Visit
• Primary Care and Child Mental Health
• Sensitive Topics: Suicidality, Child Abuse, Sexuality, Substance Abuse
• Supporting Families Expressing Grief While Giving Bad News
• Challenging Patients
• Wandering Interviews
• Using Experiential Techniques to Teach Interviewing Skills
• Glossary of Interviewing Terms
• Appendices.