INTERVIEWING AND PATIENT CARE

THIS STANDARD TEXT ON MEDICAL INTERVIEWING RETAINS ITS CORE OF OPEN-ENDED AND MORE DIRECTED INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES, BUT IS MORE FIRMLY ANCHORED IN THE EVERYDAY PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. IT CONTAINS MATERIAL ON THE COMPONENTS OF THE MEDICAL HISTORY, INTERVIEWING COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED PATIENTS, INTERVIEWING CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS AND THE ELDERLY, THE INTERVIEW IN CONTINUING CARE AND WHEN TIME IS LIMITED, AND OTHER PRACTICAL ISSUES.