TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Difficult Patients/Difficult Situations A1 - Feldman, Mitchell D. A1 - Howard, Beckman A1 - Christensen, John F. A2 - Feldman, Mitchell D. A2 - Christensen, John F. A2 - Satterfield, Jason M. Y1 - 2014 N1 - T2 - Behavioral Medicine: A Guide for Clinical Practice, 4e AB - Whenever and wherever health professionals congregate, it does not take long for them to bring up the topic of difficult patients. Patients and families we experience as difficult often increase the frustration and decrease our satisfaction with work. They make it difficult to deliver the person-centered care that is at the heart of high-quality, satisfying, and effective health care. Why, we ask, would someone come to the office, emergency department, or hospital and harass, abuse, demean, or lie to us? SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1158312840 ER -