Patient-Centered Medicine: Transforming the Clinical Method Book

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
1	Why We Need a New Clinical Method	1
2	Overview of the Patient-Centered Clinical Method	21
3	The First Component: Exploring Both the Disease and the Illness Experience	31
	Being Understood: Case Illustrating Component 1	42
4	The Second Component: Understanding the Whole Person	44
	Lost Dreams: Case Illustrating Component 2	56
5	The Third Component: Finding Common Ground	59
	Breaking the Habit Is Hard to Do: Case Illustrating Component 3	70
6	The Fourth Component: Incorporating Prevention and Health Promotion	73
	"An Ounce of Prevention ... A Pound of Cure": First Case Illustrating Component 4	85
	Choices and Chances - Whose Responsibility? Second Case Illustrating Component 4	87
7	The Fifth Component: Enhancing the Patient-Doctor Relationship	89
	Control and Reassurance: Case Illustrating Component 5	99
8	The Sixth Component: Being Realistic	102
	"Show Me the Way to Go Home": Case Illustrating Component 6	111
9	Teaching the Patient-Centered Method: The Human Dimensions of Medical Education	117
10	Dealing With Common Difficulties in Learning and Teaching the Patient-Centered Method	132
11	Teaching the Patient-Centered Method: Instructional Methods	143
12	Teaching the Patient-Centered Method: Practical Tips	159
13	The Case Report as a Teaching Tool for Patient-Centered Communication	168
14	Studies of Health Outcomes and Patient-Centered Communication	185
15	Methods of Scoring Patient-Centeredness	191
16	Qualitative Approaches That Illuminate Patient-Centered Care	204
17	Patient-Doctor Relationships Over Time	216
	Conclusions	229
	Appendix	233
	References	239
	Index	257
	About the Authors	265