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Behavior and Medicine
ISBN/EAN: 9780889375604
Umbreit-Nr.: 8297159
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: XIV, 352 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Paperback
Erschienen am 04.03.2020
Auflage: 6/2020
- Zusatztext
- A uniquely human textbook to prepare students for behavioral sciences examinations - comprehensive, up-to-date, with a clinical emphasis, and illustrated with artwork, quotations, and poetry. The latest edition of this popular textbook on the behavioral and social sciences in medicine has been fully revised and updated to meet the latest teaching recommendations by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM). It is an invaluable resource for behavioral science foundation courses and exam preparation in the fields of medicine and health, including the USMLE Step 1. Its 23 chapters are divided into five core sections: mind-body interactions in health and disease, patient behavior, the physicians role, physician-patient interactions, and social and cultural issues in health care Under the careful guidance and editing of Danny Wedding, PhD, Distinguished Consulting Faculty Member, Saybrook University, Oakland, CA, and Margaret L. Stuber, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA, nearly 40 leading educators from major medical faculties have contributed to produce this welldesigned textbook. The following unique features of Behavior and Medicine make it one of the most popular textbooks for teaching behavioral sciences: Based on the core topics recommended by the NAM Numerous case examples, tables, charts, and boxes for quick access to information Resources for students and instructors, including USMLEstyle review Q & As Specific Tips for the Step in each chapter guide learning The use of works of art, poetry, and aphorisms humanize the material Comprehensive, trustworthy, and up-to-date Competitive price
- Kurztext
- Illustrated with artwork and poetry, this unique resource is an invaluable tool for future physicians and health care providers to learn the important role behavior plays in health care. Full of case examples, succinct information, plus tips and practice Q & As for the USMLE exam.