1st Edition
What are You Feeling Doctor? Identifying and Avoiding Defensive Patterns in the Consultation
192 Pages
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CRC Press
348 Pages
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CRC Press
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Guidelines are powerful instruments of assistance to clinicians capable of extending the clinical roles of nurses and pharmacists. Purchasers and managers perceive them as technological tools guaranteeing treatment quality. Guidelines also offer mechanisms by which doctors and other health care professionals can be made more accountable to their patients. But how can clinicians tell whether a... Read more
Morning surgery. Setting the scene. Some doctors and their references. The work of the group. The group works on the cases: threats to doctors. The personal factor. How the group reflected on the cases: metaphors and models. Patterns of avoidance: the variety of defensive behaviours. Predisposing factors. The time problem. What are you feeling, doctor? Group members reflect on their experience. What can doctors do? Implications for medical education. Appendix: 'Some medical defences against involvement with patients' 1978 Michael Balint Memorial Lecture.
Biography
John Salinsky, Paul Sackin
