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Wedding, D: Behavior and Medicine

By Danny Wedding

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Wedding, D: Behavior and Medicine

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This new edition of one of the most popular and highly regarded texts on behavioraland social science in medicine has been fully revised and updated. It is structuredto reflect the latest Institute of Medicine recommendations on the teaching ofbehavioral and social sciences in medicine. Its 25 chapters are divided into fivecore domains: mind-body interactions in health and disease, patient behavior, thephysician's role and behavior, physician-patient interactions, social and culturalissues in health care along with health policy and economics.Under the careful guidance and editing of Danny Wedding, PhD, Professor of Psychiatryin St. Louis, MO, and Margaret L. Stuber, MD, the Jane and Marc NathansonProfessor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA, over 40 leadingeducators from major medical faculties have contributed to produce the mostcomprehensible and well-designed text in its field.Unique to Behavior and Medicine is the use of hundreds of works of art, poetry, andaphorisms to provoke thought and interest and to illuminate the most importantpoints. Additional features of note are:
. Practical, clinical emphasis, based around the core topics recommended by theInstitute of Medicine. Comprehensive, trustworthy, and up-to-date. Competitive price compared to other much less comprehensive, question-andanswer-type, course review works. Chapters written and carefully edited by leading educators at major medical facilities. Numerous case examples, tables, charts, and boxes for quick access to information. Learning and exam aids, such as sample USMLE review questions. New chapters on medical ethics and the United States health care systemA unique textbook, comprehensive and up-to-date, with a practical, clinical emphasisand a structure that is ideally suited for teaching behavioral sciences in themedical school classroom.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
5
Number of Pages:
368
Release Date:
2010-07-01
Publication Date:
2010-07-01
Publisher:
Hogrefe Publishing GmbH
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0889373752
ISBN13:
9780889373754
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1221 g
Height:
220 cm
Width:
286 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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