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F.A. Davis Company Advanced Assessment by F.A. Davis Company
The only book directed specifically at assessing patients with a specific complaint-a perfect tool that can be applied in the classroom and as a working utility in clinical practice. Unique in its approach, this new book takes users beyond the identification of physical assessment abnormalities to arrive at a differential diagnosis of the patients health problem. Readers learn how to incorporate physical examination, patient history, and diagnostic studies to accurately diagnosis a patients problem._x000D_ _x000D_1. The history of the biopsychosocial approach in medicine: before and after Engel ; 2. The theoretical basis of the biopsychosocial model ; 3. Remediable or preventable social factors in the aetiology and prognosis of medical disorders ; 4. Remediable or preventable psychological factors in the aetiology and prognosis of medical disorders ; 5. The biopsychosocial approach: a note of caution ; 6. Can neurobiology explain the relationship between stress and disease? ; 7. Fear and depression as remediable causes of disability in common medical conditions in primary care ; 8. How important is the biopsychosocial approach? Some examples from research ; 9. Complementary and alternative medicine: shopping for health in post-modern times ; 10. A case of irritable bowel syndrome that illustrates the biopsychosocial model of illness ; 11. Are the patient-centred and biopsychosocial approaches compatible? ; 12. What are the barriers to health-care systems using a biopsychosocial approach, and how might they be overcome? ; 13. Final discussion: how to overcome the barriers ; 14. Beyond the biomedical to the biopsychosocial: integrated medicine_x000D_