Loaded with new material that will prepare readers for real world clinical practice, The Medical Interview, 5th edition, is truly a must-read for anyone conducting a clinician-patient interview. Packed with tips to enhance communication skills and offering plentiful clinical examples, this book is appropriate for medical, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant students and students in other health professionals as well.
• New Chapters!
• "Ethics and the Law"
• "The Sexual History'
• New! Interview format for greater ease-of-use and clearer understanding
• New! Interviewing skills related to ethical and legal issues, including:
• How to respond to unanticipated adverse outcomes
• HIPAA requirements in dealing with issues of confidentiality
• New! Web-based interview organizers - student management tools available at fadavis.com