RT Book, Section
A1 Fortin VI, Auguste H.
A1 Dwamena, Francesca C.
A1 Frankel, Richard M.
A1 Lepisto, Brenda Lovegrove
A1 Smith, Robert C.
SR Print(0)
ID 1154806164
T1 Adapting the Interview to Different Situations and Other Practical Issues
T2 Smith’s Patient-Centered Interviewing, 4e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644627
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1154806164
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  interview  vignette  with  Ms.  Jones  that  we  have  presented  thus  far  in  this  textbook  is  just  one  example  of  how  the  patient-centered  interaction  between  a  clinician  and  a  patient  can  unfold.  If  you  have  viewed  the  AccessMedicine  companion  videos  or  the  DocCom  modules,  you  know  that  the  patient-centered  interview  can  be  adapted  to  different  clinical  settings  and  all  patient  encounters.  In  this  chapter,  we  will  provide  you  with  more  instruction  and  details  on  working  with  patients  and  situations  that  differ  from  the  routine  medical  visit  and  present  challenges.  We  will  discuss  how  you  can  adjust  the  interview  to  different  clinical  situations.  Perhaps  you  worry  about  interviewing  a  patient  who  cannot  seem  to  stop  talking,  or  one  who  it  feels  hard  to  pull  information  from.  The  skills  required  in  these  situations  are  used  primarily  in  the  beginning  of  the  interview  (Steps  1–5).  This  chapter  focuses  only  on  how  you  can  tailor  the  process  of  the  interview  in  various  medical  encounters  with  a  variety  of  patients  and  does  not  consider  the  content  that  needs  to  be  addressed  in  specific  clinical  situations.  Clinical  textbooks  will  help  you  obtain  the  details  that  must  be  incorporated  into  many  of  the  encounters  discussed  here.1