Master the art of conducting a medical interview and in the process hone your communication skills.

Features:

• Enhanced and reorganized material on the patient profile, lifestyle, substance abuse, and sexual history.
• New section on interviewing skills related to ethical and legal issues and how to deal with unanticipated adverse outcomes.
• Web-based interview organizer available at DavisPlus (http://davisplus.fadavis.com/)
  • Cut-and-carry interview tips
  • Two additional chapters
• Helping patients understand, interpret, and utilize material obtained on the Internet.
• More coverage of transparency in the medical interview.
• Handling difficult interview situations and difficult patients.
• How spirituality relates to healthcare and the clinician-patient interaction.
• Redesigned interview format for greater ease-of-use and clearer understanding.

John L. Coulehan MD, MPH, FACP
Head, Division of Medicine in Society
Health Science Center L-3-086
SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY

Marian L. Block MD, ABFP
Chief Quality Officer
Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA