eliciting symptoms, knowing the patient, ethical foundations DeMyer, William 1924- creator autrhor. text bibliography enk 2009 monographic eng

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xv, 352 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Outline of the clinical history -- Basic definitions : disease, symptoms, signs, syndromes, and diagnosis -- The importance of the clinical history -- How the physician's ethics and goals determine the content and techniques of the clinical history -- Privacy, the setting, and the apparel for an optimum clinical history -- The patient's chief concern and present illness -- The past clinical history and the review of systems -- The family history -- The mental status and psychosocial history -- The pregnancy and developmental history (for pediatric patients) -- The preventive history and wellness -- Succeeding with the difficult history -- Ending the clinical history, recording it, and integrating it with the physical examination -- The history, appropriate management, informed consent, and patient autonomy -- The clinical history of the medical model compared to alternative models -- Fostering empathy and compassion. William E. DeMyer. Includes bibliographical references and index. Medical history taking Medical ethics Medical History Taking methods Ethics, Medical RC65 .D36 2009 9780195373776 (alk. paper) 0195373774 (alk. paper) IQ-NaUA 080807 20221120015100.0 ara