This standard text on medical interviewing retains its core of open-ended and more directed interviewing techniques, but the fourth edition is more firmly anchored in the everyday practice of medicine. It contains much new 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 many other practical issues.
This standard text on medical interviewing retains its core of open-ended and more directed interviewing techniques, but the fourth edition is more firmly anchored in the everyday practice of medicine. It contains much new 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 many other practical issues.