Communication Skills and Challenges in Medical Practice, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America

1st Edition, Volume 106-4 - June 23, 2022
Editor: Heather Hofmann
Language: English
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In this issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Heather Hofmann brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Communication Skills and Challenges in Medical Practice. Communication is a core part of medical practice, and just as physicians increase their knowledge and hone clinical reasoning skills, so too must communication skills be refined. This issue provides an evidence-based review of patient-centered communication for the general practitioner, covering key communications skills commonly used in patient encounters, including challenges posed by modern medicine to effective communication.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
CME: Accreditation Page
Forthcoming Issues
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Essential Elements of Communication
Key points
Introduction
Current evidence
Models incorporating the essential elements
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Patient Perspective: Importance and How to Elicit
Key points
Introduction
History: the past as prologue
Current evidence: making the most of technology and time in the modern patient-physician interface
Controversies: challenges in obeying the spirit of the “Open Notes” law
Approach: finding modern answers
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Addressing the Challenges of Cross-Cultural Communication
Key points
Introduction
Approach and application
Nature of the problem
Current evidence
Discussion
Recommendations
Summary
Clinics care points
Health Communication and Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression
Key points
Introduction
History and background
Epidemiology and outcomes
Considerations: minority stress
Application
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
The Diagnostic Medical Interview
Key points
Introduction
Definitions
Approach
Review of systems
Closing the medical interview
Considerations
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Identifying and Managing Treatment Nonadherence
Key points
Introduction
Evaluation
Application
Considerations
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Motivating Behavioral Change
Key points
Background
Definitions
Approach
Case example: medication adherence
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Delivering Bad News
Key points
Introduction
Background: patient perspective
Approach
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Establishing Goals of Care
Key points
Introduction
Approach: how to establish goals of care
Considerations
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
The Role of Informed Consent in Clinical and Research Settings
Key points
Introduction
Approach: assessment of competence and capacity
The informed consent process
Future directions
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclaimers
Classifying and Disclosing Medical Errors
Key points
Introduction
Definitions
Current evidence: the patient experience
Clinical relevance
Other considerations
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
When Communication Breaks Down: Handling Hostile Patients
Key points
Introduction
Current evidence
Approach
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Using Technology to Enhance Communication
Key points
Introduction
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Communicating with Community: Health Disparities and Health Equity Considerations
Key points
Introduction
Approach
Considerations
Summary
Clinics care points
Improving Communication Skills: A Roadmap for Humanistic Health Care
Key points
Introduction
Background: supporting motivation to improve communication skills
Background: foundational microskills for effective communication
Approach to learning communication skills
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure

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