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Doctors and patients communicating with each other
The Inner Consultation: How to Develop an Effective and Intuitive Consulting StyleThe Inner Consultation: How to Develop an Effective and Intuitive Consulting Style by Roger Neighbour
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Roger Neighbour's classic on relating well to patients, and to ourselves.
The Successful GP Companion: Preparing, Practising and PerfectingThe Successful GP Companion: Preparing, Practising and Perfecting by Joe Rosenthal BSc MSc MBBCh FRCGP DRCOG DFFP
Buy new: £29.44 / Used from: £29.50
The first edition of this book helped me a lot in my GP training
The Naked Consultation: A Practical Guide to Primary Care Consultation SkillsThe Naked Consultation: A Practical Guide to Primary Care Consultation Skills by Liz Moulton
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Liz Moulton is one of our local stars in Yorkshire
Skills for Communicating with PatientsSkills for Communicating with Patients by Jonathan Silverman
Buy new: £22.69 / Used from: £22.42
An excellent primer
The Doctor's Communication Handbook: Fifth EditionThe Doctor's Communication Handbook: Fifth Edition by Peter Tate
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Peter Tate's common sense and good humour
Thinking About PatientsThinking About Patients by David Misselbrook
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Takes the individual consultation into its wider social context
Illness and Culture in the Postmodern AgeIllness and Culture in the Postmodern Age by DB Morris
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More on the context of doctors and patients interactions
Doctors on the Edge: General Practitioners, Health and Learning in the Inner-cityDoctors on the Edge: General Practitioners, Health and Learning in the Inner-city by Linden West
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Linden West gentle and understanding approach to doctors and their work
Doctors and Patients: An AnthologyDoctors and Patients: An Anthology
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Cecil Helman's attempt to bring medical and lay perspectives together
Suburban Shaman: Tales from Medicine's Front LineSuburban Shaman: Tales from Medicine's Front Line by Cecil Helman
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More Helman
Beyond Depression: A new approach to understanding and management (Oxford Medical Publications)Beyond Depression: A new approach to understanding and management (Oxford Medical Publications) by Christopher Dowrick
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Chris Dowrick's book showing his depth of understanding of his patients's experiences
Psychiatry and the Human ConditionPsychiatry and the Human Condition by Bruce Charlton
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Bruce Charlton's overture to a better way of understanding mental illness
Patient-centred DiagnosisPatient-centred Diagnosis by Nicholas Summerton
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No matter how good the communication the doctor still needs to make an accurate diagnosis
Doctors as PatientsDoctors as Patients
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Doctors are sometimes patients too
A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country DoctorA Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor by John Berger
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General practice as it maybe should be
The Doctor, His Patient and The IllnessThe Doctor, His Patient and The Illness by Michael Balint
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A classic
Narrative-based Primary Care: A Practical GuideNarrative-based Primary Care: A Practical Guide by John Launer
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Almost TA- who's writing your script? What tale are you telling?
Influence: Science and PracticeInfluence: Science and Practice by Robert B. Cialdini
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Good rules for negotiating anything with anyone. We are all trying to influence one another.
The New Consultation: Developing doctor-patient communication (Medicine)The New Consultation: Developing doctor-patient communication (Medicine) by David Pendleton
Buy new: £22.54 / Used from: £20.00
Has to go on the list- the basis of most consultation analysis
The Paradox of ProgressThe Paradox of Progress by James Willis
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James Willis is a superb GP writer and reflector