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One of the most exciting medical developments during the past thirty years has been the rebirth of family medicine as a dynamic specialty. In the face of ever-widening definitions of health, the family physician has been challenged to integrate the physical, emotional, and social concepts of modern medicine into traditional medical services. Invariably, in establishing a mutual understanding between doctor and patient, the doctor's emotions come into play.
This book addresses the needs of family and other physicians to better understand their emotions, enhance their self-awareness, improve their communications skills, and apply these skills more effectively within the constraints of clinical practice and teaching. A multi-disciplinary approach common to the practice of family medicine is used. The authors come from a variety of disciplines--psychiatry, clinical psychology, family medicine, and family therapy.
List of contents
Foreword by Robert E. Rakel
Introduction by Max R. Polliack
The Need for This Book
The Birth of the Interdisciplinary Team
The Medical Context and a Review of the Relevant Literature
The Setting of Family Medicine
Professional Listening: Cultivating the Willingness to Listen
Anxiety and the Family Doctor
Feelings of Helplessness in the Doctor-Patient Encounter
Rejection
On the Aggression of Doctors
Being Offended in Medical Practice
The Pleasure of Being a Family Doctor
Intimacy and Demarcation Lines: Negotiation of Distance
Setting Boundaries in the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Complexity of the Loyalty Issue in Family Medicine
Patienthood and Physicianhood
Contextual Thinking
The Supervision of Communication Growth in Family Medicine Training
Balint Groups
Emotive Process Stimulation (EPS): A Sensitizing Approach for Eliciting Doctors' Emotions
Psychotherapeutic Interventions
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Michael Herz, Eva Katz, Benjamin Maoz, Stanley Rabinowitz
Summary
One of the most exciting medical developments during the past thirty years has been the rebirth of family medicine as a dynamic specialty.
