Doctors and patients
Subtitle: strategies in long-term illness
By: by Jurrit Bergsma ; with special assistance from Matt Commers.
Contributors: Commers, Matt.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Chronic diseases -- Psychological aspects; Physician and patient; Chronically ill -- Care; Long-term care of the sick; Clinical health psychology; Autonomy (Psychology); Chronic Disease -- therapy; Chronic Disease -- psychology; Long-Term Care -- methods; Long-Term Care -- psychology; Professional-Patient Relations; Attitude to Health
Description: Patients have personal strategies in solving the problems concerning their illness. Doctors have personal and professional strategies in solving the problems with their patients. This book explores the problematic triangle between doctors, patients and the illness, using illustrations from internal medicine, nephrology, cardiology, oncology and neurology. The first part of the book describes reasons why the partnership between doctor and patient should be improved. The second part offers concrete and practical options to achieve that improvement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.