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Doctors and Their Feelings A Pharmacology of Medical Caring
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By Benjamin Maoz, Stanley Rabinowitz, Michael Herz, and Hava Elkan Katz
Foreword by Robert E. Rakel
Introduction by Max R. Polliack
ISBN: 0-275-93990-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-93990-8
168 pages, exhibits
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 7/30/1992
List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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  • This book contains many useful reflections on the nature of family medicine. It provides an important contribution to the literature that attempts to understand the experience of being a family physician.
    —Canadian Family Physician
  • The book is important because it raises questions that demand attention if we are to continue as an effective profession. New burdens on the practice of medicine require heightened attention to the emotional lives of physicians; without it, we will have a bunch of disillusioned colleagues. Our work is too important to let this happen. Some might say that this is "soft" stuff and an inappropriate concern. Soft, yes. But it is important and real intellect is necessary to solve these difficulties. It is where we all live.
    —Annals of Internal Medicine
Description: One of the most exciting medical developments during the past thirty years has been the rebirth of family medicine as a dynamic specialty. In the face of ever-widening definitions of health, the family physician has been challenged to integrate the physical, emotional, and social concepts of modern medicine into traditional medical services. Invariably, in establishing a mutual understanding between doctor and patient, the doctor's emotions come into play. This book addresses the needs of family and other physicians to better understand their emotions, enhance their self-awareness, improve their communications skills, and apply these skills more effectively within the constraints of clinical practice and teaching. A multi-disciplinary approach common to the practice of family medicine is used. The authors come from a variety of disciplines--psychiatry, clinical psychology, family medicine, and family therapy.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Robert E. Rakel
  • Introduction by Max R. Polliack
  • The Need for This Book
  • The Birth of the Interdisciplinary Team
  • The Medical Context and a Review of the Relevant Literature
  • The Setting of Family Medicine
  • Professional Listening: Cultivating the Willingness to Listen
  • Anxiety and the Family Doctor
  • Feelings of Helplessness in the Doctor-Patient Encounter
  • Rejection
  • On the Aggression of Doctors
  • Being Offended in Medical Practice
  • The Pleasure of Being a Family Doctor
  • Intimacy and Demarcation Lines: Negotiation of Distance
  • Setting Boundaries in the Doctor-Patient Relationship
  • Complexity of the Loyalty Issue in Family Medicine
  • Patienthood and Physicianhood
  • Contextual Thinking
  • The Supervision of Communication Growth in Family Medicine Training
  • Balint Groups
  • Emotive Process Stimulation (EPS): A Sensitizing Approach for Eliciting Doctors' Emotions
  • Psychotherapeutic Interventions
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 91-29032
LCC Class: R727
Dewey Class: 610
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