Behavioral Medicine in Primary Care-A Practical Guide

  1. David A. Horowitz, MD
  1. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Feldman ND, Christensen JF; eds. 345 pages. Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange; 1997. $31.95. ISBN 0838506364. Order phone 800-423-1359.

    Field of medicine: Behavioral medicine.

    Format: Softcover book.

    Audience: Clinicians practicing and teaching in primary care specialties and trainees in these specialties.

    Purpose: To discuss a wide range of psychosocial issues and problems facing the primary care physician and to suggest practical approaches to possible solutions.

    Content: The text is divided into five sections that center on various aspects of the physician–patient-family relationship. The book begins with an examination of this relationship, which emphasizes physician insight and sensitivity. This is followed by several sections on specific types of patients with …

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