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, 1985 |
Edition | Second Edition |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4955-6 |
Descript | XXX, 458 p. 24 illus. 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: Psychophysiological Considerations -- 4. Anxiety -- 5. Psychological Defense Mechanisms -- 6. Depression, Mania, and Suicide: Affective Disorders -- 7. Psychosis -- 8. Confusion, Delirium, and Dementia: Organic Brain Syndromes and the Elderly Patient -- 9. Pain -- 10. Sleep and Dreaming -- III. On Assessing a Patient: A Clinical Systems Approach -- 11. Approach to a Patient: The Patient Evaluation Grid -- 12. Current Context -- 13. Recent Context -- 14. Background Context -- IV. On Managing a Patient -- 15. The Case of the โSick Tarzanโ: A Challenging Case History -- 16. The Doctor-Patient Relationship -- 17. The Patientโs Personality -- 18. The Hospitalized Patient -- 19. Therapeutic Dimensions -- 20. Drugs That Affect Behavior -- 21. Some Illustrative Patients -- 22. Summary and Perspectives