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Producing Patient-Centered Health Care: Patient Perspectives about Health and Illness and the Physician/Patient Relationship

Autor James M. Smith
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 noi 1999 – vârsta până la 17 ani
A holistic view of the factors that impact the health of a patient beyond the illness itself, this book examines what it is like to be a patient. It espouses the view that terminal illness may not be a tragedy but, an opportunity for emotional growth. The inadequacies of medical care today are discussed, from the failure of health care professionals to see the person with the disease, to the many ways in which managed-care organizations jeopardize the doctor/patient relationship.The work reviews concrete ways in which health care professionals can enhance the quality of their care, by remaining compassionate, continuing to offer patients hope (even if their condition is terminal), acknowledging and addressing patients' suffering, and counseling patients so that they can obtain the support needed. A new advocacy role for doctors is presented that enables patients to make advised decisions about their own treatment. This book encourages patients to take back their lives from the diseases that overwhelm them. It also discusses advance directives, living wills, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and do not resuscitate orders. Information is provided to help patients assume self advocacy on end-of-life issues from an emotional perspective as well as a legal perspective.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780865692930
ISBN-10: 0865692939
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

JAMES MONROE SMITH is a lawyer and scientist who has taught courses on the sociopolitical aspects of AIDS./e He is the founding executive director of the AIDS Legal Council of Chicago, a nonprofit organization providing legal services and advocacy for persons affected by HIV/AIDS.

Cuprins

PrefaceToward a Definition of Health, Healing, and WholenessBeliefs about Drugs, Treatments, and HealthThe Impact of IllnessThe Role of Emotions and Personality in HealthThe Role of the Spirit in HealthPhysician/Patient Communication DynamicsLegal Issues in the Health Care SettingThe Doctor's Role as AdvocateIndex