
Behavior & Medicine
Danny Wedding(Editor)
Hogrefe & Huber (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published in May 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
504 pages
978-0-88937-238-2 (ISBN)
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Description
A behavioural science and psychology textbook, this resource has been updated and revised to take account of changes in emphasis and of the increased importance of psychology and behaviour in medical training and practice since the last edition. It includes works of art and poetry to provoke thought and interest and to illuminate the most important points. Its main features are: practical, clinical emphasis on the behavioural aspects vital to training and practice; contributions from leading educators at major medical faculties; numerous case examples, tables, charts and boxes for quick access to information; learning and examination aids, such as sample USMLE review questions after each section; and new chapters on alternative medicine, disability and cancer, as well as on psychopathology and how mental illness presents in primary care settings.
Reviews / Votes
"The health care problems we face in this country are at their core behavioral rather than medical. This book has the potential to change the thinking and the practice habits of a generation of health professionals. It repeatedly makes the point that the most significant power of the physician or other health care provider may lie in his or her capacity to act as a behavioral change agent. Dr. Wedding and his contributors have made an important contribution to the medical world with Behavior and Medicine. Physicians, nurses, and other health professionals can enhance their understanding of the conditions they encounter by more fully understanding the patients they treat. Both students and practitioners will find that Behavior and Medicine is a fine place to start cultivating that understanding." From the Foreword by US Senator Tom Daschle; "As medical and scientific knowledge increases, we demand more and more of medical students. There is a growing tendency to sacrifice the behavioral and social sciences to make room for more 'hard'science. This shortsighted approach is likely to leave medical students ill prepared to deal with the multiple behavioral issues they are bound to confront in the day-to-day practice of medicine. Despite our increasing knowledge about disease and its treatment, our best efforts at treatment and prevention are often futile because we do not fully understand - or take the time to understand - our patients. Behavior and Medicine is a welcome antidote to this problem. Relationships can heal; there is a certain beauty in the aging process; sexuality can and should be addressed; and patients can be fully understood only in the context of their cultural and interpersonal worlds. "Dr. Wedding is especially well qualified to edit a work of this sort. His love of students and his passion for teaching behavioral science are reflected in every page of Behavior and Medicine." From the Foreword by Samuel O. Thier, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Partners HealthCare System, Inc."More details
Edition
3., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Publishing group
Hogrefe Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
47 tables, 115 figures, index
Dimensions
Height: 30 cm
Width: 21 cm
Weight
1588 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88937-238-2 (9780889372382)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions

Danny Wedding | Margaret L. Stuber
Behavior and Medicine
Book
05/2006
4th Edition
Hogrefe & Huber
€39.95
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Content
Preface, Danny Wedding; Foreword, US Senator Tom Daschle; Foreword, Samuel O. Thier, MD, President and CEO, Partners HealthCare System, Inc.; The Physician And Society; 1. The Physician-Patient Relationship; 2. Families, Relationships & Health; 3. Health Services in the US; 4. Culturally Competent Health Care; 5. Alternative Medicine; 6. Special Problems of Medical Students; Foundations Of Human Behavior; 7. Brain & Behavior; 8. Psychodynamic Formulations & Human Behavior; 9. Learning Theory & Human Behavior; Progress Through The Life Cycle; 10. Birth, Childhood & Adolescence; 11. Early Adulthood & the Middle Years; 12. Human Sexuality; 13. Old Age; 14. Death, Dying & Grief; Core Patient Issues; 15. Work & Adjustment; 16. Sleep & Sleep Disturbances; 17. Stress & Stress Management; 18. Nicotine & Alcohol Addiction; Making Decisions About Patients; 19. Clinical Interviewing; 20. Assessment; 21. Diagnostic Reasoning/Clinical Decision Making; 22. Facilitating Adherence to Treatment Regimens; Behavior And Disease; 23. Chronic Benign Pain; 24. Behavior & Disability; 25. Behavior & Cardiovascular Disease; 26. Behavior & Cancer; 27. Behavior & AIDS; Psychopathology; 28. Psychopathology; 29. The Recognition & Treatment of Psychopathology in Primary Care; Appendices; Appendix A Assessment of Mental Development in Children; Appendix B Medical Statistics & Research Design; Appendix C Literature & Medicine; Appendix D Gaudeamus Igitur: A Valediction; Subject Index