Author | Leigh, Hoyle. author |
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Title | The Patient [electronic resource] : Biological, Psychological, and Social Dimensions of Medical Practice / by Hoyle Leigh, Morton F. Reiser |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1980 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3527-6 |
Descript | XXVI, 351 p. online resource |
I. On Becoming a Patient: Psychosocial Considerations -- 1. Illness and Help-Seeking Behavior -- 2. The Sick Role -- 3. Expectations in the Consulting Room -- II. On Being a Patient: Psychophysiologic Considerations -- 4. Anxiety -- 5. Psychological Defense Mechanisms -- 6. Depression -- 7. Pain -- 8. Sleep and Dreaming -- III. On Assessing a Patient: A Clinical Systems Approach -- 9. Approach to Patients: The Systems-Contextual Framework and the Patient Evaluation Grid -- 10. The Current Context of Help-Seeking Behavior -- 11. The Recent Context of Help-Seeking Behavior -- 12. The Background Context of Help-Seeking Behavior -- IV. On Managing a Patient -- 13. The Case of the โSick Tarzanโ: A Challenging Case History -- 14. The Doctor-Patient Relationship -- 15. The Patientโs Personality -- 16. The Hospitalized Patient -- 17. Therapeutic Dimensions -- 18. Drugs Affecting Behavior -- 19. Some Illustrative Patients -- 20. Summary and Perspectives