What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear

What Patients Say, What Doctors Hear

Can refocusing conversations between doctors and their patients lead to better health?

Despite modern medicineâ€™s infatuation with high-tech gadgetry, the single most powerful diagnostic tool is the doctor-patient conversation, which can uncover the lionâ€™s share of illnesses. However, what patients say and what doctors hear are often two vastly different things.

Patients, anxious to convey their symptoms, feel an urgency to â€œmake their caseâ€ to their doctors. Doctors, under pressure to be efficient, multitask while patients speak and often miss the key elements. Add in stereotypes, unconscious bias, conflicting agendas, and fear of lawsuits and the risk of misdiagnosis and medical errors multiplies dangerously.

Though the gulf between what patients say and what doctors hear is often wide, Dr. Danielle Ofri proves that it doesnâ€™t have to be. Through the powerfully resonant human stories that Dr. Ofriâ€™s writing is renowned for, she explores the high-stakes world of doctor-patient communication that we all must navigate. Reporting on the latest research studies and interviewing scholars, doctors, and patients, Dr. Ofri reveals how better communication can lead to better health for all of us.
Country USA
Manufacturer Beacon Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-02-07
Format Kindle eBook

You might also like...