RT Book, Section
A1 Feldman, Mitchell D.
A1 Christensen, John F.
A1 Satterfield, Jason M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1102936073
T1 Foreword
T2 Behavioral Medicine: A Guide for Clinical Practice, 4e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071767705
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1102936073
RD 2024/04/19
AB Caring  for  patients  is  challenging  work—because  people  are  complicated.  Patients  seek  help  not  only  for  acute  or  chronic  medical  problems,  but  they  also  bring  to  the  clinical  encounter  their  life  circumstances,  worries,  and  concerns.  Medical  problems  are  rarely  only  about  biomedical  issues  but  are  almost  always  accompanied  by  problems  at  work,  with  family,  finances,  and  a  myriad  of  other  life  concerns.  Physicians  and  other  health  professionals  need  to  understand  not  only  the  illness  but  also  its  impact  on  the  person's  life.  They  must  demonstrate  a  broad  understanding  of  and  concern  for  the  patient.  As  far  back  as  1925,  Dr.  Francis  Peabody  said,  "The  secret  of  the  care  of  the  patient  is  in  caring  for  the  patient".1