William C. Felch

The Secret(s) of Good Patient Care

Thoughts on Medicine in the 21st Century

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

One of the few practicing physicians to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine and one of a rare breed of doctors who writes with clarity and ease, Dr. Felch describes his 40-year experience in the mainstream of medical care. Both as a primary care physician making house calls and as a leader in medical professional organizations, Felch reflects on everyday matters of patient care, pointing out that they are actually complex, multifaceted, and unique. He points out that today's patients frequently give high marks to their physicians for competence and proficiency, but low marks for compassion and caring. He says our scientific enterprise is exceedingly good at generating new technology, very good at carrying out basic laboratory research, quite good at mounting large clinical studies of new pharmaceuticals, but only fair at converting collective data about disease into clear-cut strategies for doctors to use with their individual patients. Readers of this book, including potential doctors, will come away with a clearer understanding of the specific activities of medical school, residency training, and patient care as a practitioner, including the problems encountered and the values received.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780275954482
• ISBN-10: 027595448X
• Artikelnr.: 25561824

Autorenporträt

WILLIAM FELCH served as Medical Director of United Hospital in Port Chester, New York, as Trustee of New York Medical College, and as president of the American Society of Internal Medicine. He is the author of six books, including Continuing Medical Education (with Adrienne Rosof, Praeger, 2d ed., 1992). He was in private practice as a primary care physician for nearly 40 years.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Medicine in the 20th Century: An Era of Transformation The
Doctoring Career Choosing Medicine (Medical) School Days The Rituals of
Residency Decisions, Decisions Purviews of Professionalism Patient Care:
The Process Evaluating Diagnosis Treatise on Treatment A Pound of
Prevention Whither the H&P? Practice Styles The Listening Skill The Humble
Factor Micro World Matters House Calls Who's in Charge, Doctor or Patient?
The Generalist/Specialist Dichotomy Records of Continuing Care Dealing with
Death and Dying Ethics and Patient Care The Big Picture Doctoring: Science
or Art? Elite or Egalitarian? Science 'n Technology Data--and Death
Certificates The AQC Triad FFS versus PPC Hospitals--An Identity Crisis
Afterword: Medicine in the 21st Century: Prescription for Caring