Being a doctor : understanding medical practice / Hamish Wilson & Wayne Cunningham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Hamish, author.

Cunningham, Wayne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physicians (General practice)--New Zealand.

Physicians (General practice).

Family medicine--New Zealand.

Family medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2013.

Summary:

Sometimes caring for patients can leave clinicians feeling overwhelmed with the daily tasks of doctoring. As an antidote, this book explores principles and assumptions of modern medicine seldom taught in medical school. Starting with the meaning of suffering and how the "science" of medicine has evolved, the authors use many clinical stories to provide a fresh perspective on the work and roles of the modern doctor. Based on many years of teaching family physicians, the book argues that being a doctor is much more than simply knowing biomedical facts and having good clinical skills. It explores some of the major challenges facing physicians, including the doctor–patient relationship, the "heartsink" experience, and unwell patients for whom no disease can be found. The authors also introduce patient safety and self-care, two important issues for modern health professionals. For experienced doctors as well as for students and doctors in training, Being a Doctor moves beyond biomedicine, providing useful insights that explain how both doctors and patients think and behave.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword: Dark Matters Glenn Colquhoun

Introduction

1. Medicine, Suffering and Healing

2. The World of the Patient

3. The Assumptions of Modern Medicine

4. The Doctor-Patient Relationship

5. The 'Heartsink' Experience

6. Models of the Consultation

7. Illness Without Disease

8. Doctors' Health and Wellness

9. The Culture of Medicine

10. Reflective Practice

11. Adverse Outcomes and Patient Safety

12. The Place of General Practice in Primary Health Care

13. The Doctor of the Future

Appendix: Balint Groups: Reflecting on Clinical Work

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 6, 2017).

ISBN:

9780947522346

0947522344