Behavior and Medicine

by Wedding, Danny; Daschle, Thomas; Their, Samuel O., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780889372382
• ISBN10: 0889372381
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Pub

Summary

Univ. of Missouri, Columbia. Textbook has been fully revised and updated in response to the changes in the healthcare delivery system and the increased importance of psychology and behavioral science in medical training. Includes learning and exam aids, such as sample USMLE review questions after each section. Previous edition: c1995. DNLM: Behavioral Medicine.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. V
Acknowledgements	p. VI
Foreword	p. VII
Foreword	p. VIII
Poetry Credits	p. X
Contributors	p. XI
The Physician and Society
The Physician-Patient Relationship	p. 3
Families, Relationships, and Health	p. 13
Health Services in the United States	p. 31
Providing Health Care in a Multicultural Community	p. 49
Alternative Medicine	p. 61
Special Problems of Medical Students	p. 67
Foundations of Human Behavior
Brain and Behavior	p. 87
Psychodynamic Formulations of Human Behavior	p. 105
Learning Theory and Human Behavior	p. 117
Progress Through the Life Cycle
Birth, Childhood, Adolescence	p. 135
Early Adulthood and the Middle Years	p. 161
Human Sexuality in Health and Disease	p. 171
Old Age	p. 185
Death, Dying, and Grief	p. 195
Core Patient Issues
Work and Health	p. 209
Sleep and Sleep Disturbances	p. 219
Stress and Illness	p. 231
Nicotine and Alcohol Addictions	p. 247
Making Decisions about Patients
Clinical Interviewing	p. 265
Assessment of Patients	p. 279
Diagnostic Reasoning and Clinical Decision Making	p. 297
Facilitating Adherence to Treatment Regimens	p. 305
Behavior and Disease
Chronic Benign Pain	p. 321
Behavior and Disability	p. 337
Behavior and Cardiovascular Disease	p. 347
Behavior and Cancer	p. 355
Behavior and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome	p. 367
Psychopathology
Psychopathology	p. 379
Recognizing and Treating Psychopathology in Primary Care Medicine	p. 407
Appendices
Assessment of Mental Development in Children	p. 419
Medical Statistics and Research Design	p. 425
Literature and Medicine	p. 441
Gaudeamus Igitur: A Valediction	p. 451
Answer Key to Practice USMLE Questions	p. 455
Subject Index	p. 473
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