Improving medical outcomes : the psychology of doctor-patient visits / / Jessica Leavitt and Fred Leavitt.

"The ability of doctors to properly diagnose and treat patients is often colored by non-specific factors that can affect outcomes in profound ways. Communication between doctors and patients is key, but often what is left unsaid is just as important, and messages from outside sources such as me...

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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:x, 306 p.
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Table of Contents:
  • Doctor-patient communication
  • Interpreting medical information
  • Decisions overview
  • Biases
  • Medical diagnosis : the problems
  • Reducing diagnostic errors
  • Prescription for prescribing
  • Expectation effects
  • Complementary and alternative medicine
  • Patient outlook and social connectedness
  • Healing environments.