Behavioural Medicine in Primary Care: A Global Perspective
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1846193575 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Frederic C. Craigie, Jr., PhD said Excellent resource for working with cultural values in health care. Behavioral Medicine in Primary Care: A Global Perspective is an excellent resource for readers who are interested in understanding and working with cultural values and traditions in health care and particularly, behavioral health care.The principal authors and editors are longtime family medicine educators Julie M. Schirmer, MSW, and Alain J. Montegut, MD, who collaborate wi
This textbook provides strategies for primary care health professionals to apply behavioral medicine principles and concepts. It is aimed at everyone seeing patients for primary health care purposes, including physicians, assistant physicians, nurses, midwives, social workers, whether at community health centers, private clinics, or in patients' homes. However, providers who care for patients from diverse cultures and ethnic backgrounds may need to take a different approach. Behavioral Medicine in Primary Care recognizes this, enabling physicians, social workers and others unfamiliar with behavioral medicine to meet the mental and behavioral health needs of their patients. Many behavioral medicine textbooks assume a Western care model, where providers receive behavioral health training and have access to behavioral medicine specialists. Its focus on patients from multiple settings and cultures and its comprehensive, practical format illustrate skills that can be applied immediately whe
Spann, MD, MBA, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, in the foreword"In cases where psychosocial and psychosomatic causations and manifestations of illness are the underlying reasons for the encounter with the family doctor, the application of behavioral medicine best practices may make all the difference in the outcome for the patient. If you are a primary care clinician practicing in a country and culture different from your own, you too will find the book of great help as you practice in a cross-cultural setting. Alfred Loh, CEO, The World Organization of Family Doctors, in the foreword . From the Publisher "If you are a primary care practitione