Medical Illness: Why Consider Emotional Factors? -- Doctors and Patients: The Context of Modern Medicine -- Becoming a Patient: Adapting to Illness -- Special Issues in Coping with Chronic Illness -- Pharmacological Interventions -- The Impact of Illness on Family Members -- Trust in Patient-Physician Relationships -- Difficult Medical Patients -- Referring to a Mental Health Professional
Summary
Helps the primary care physician navigate the normative and non-normative psychological responses to illness. This book also provides suggestions for how to maximize coping and offers guidance on when the physician should consider asking for outside help. It also includes a chapter on psychotropic medications
