TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 7. Adapting the Interview to Different Situations and Other Practical Issues A1 - Fortin, Auguste H. A1 - Dwamena, Francesca C. A1 - Frankel, Richard M. A1 - Smith, Robert C. PY - 2012 T2 - Smith's Patient-Centered Interviewing: An Evidence-Based Method, 3e AB - The interview we have presented thus far in the vignette with Mrs. Jones is just one example of how the interaction between a clinician and a patient can unfold. You might be wondering how to adapt the interview to different clinical settings, such as the hospital or emergency department. Perhaps you worry about interviewing a patient who cannot seem to stop talking, or one who it feels hard to pull information from. In this chapter, we will discuss how to adjust the interview to different clinical situations. Such fine tuning occurs primarily in the beginning of the interview (Steps 1–5: setting the stage, agenda setting, opening the history of present illness (HPI), continuing the HPI, and transition). This chapter focuses only on how you can tailor the process of the interview and does not consider the content that needs to be addressed in specific clinical situations. Clinical texts will help you obtain the details that must be incorporated into many of the encounters discussed here.1 SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/17 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56845318 ER -