Reviews and Notes: Conversation Repair: Case Studies in Doctor-Patient Communication

  1. Daniel Levinson, MD
  1. University of Arizona College of Medicine; Tucson, AZ 85724

    FW Platt. 194 pages. Boston: Little, Brown; 1995. $24.95. ISBN 0316 710 825. Order phone 800-759-0190.

    The art of effective physician-patient interaction is better learned by observing experienced clinicians than through pedantic lectures or textbooks. Long-term apprenticeships are a thing of the past, and today's exposure to widely varied attending physicians rarely offers the opportunity to learn the subtleties of gratifying interaction. Conversation Repair allows the reader to observe the ways in which one experienced clinician …

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    1. Ann Intern Med February 15, 1996 vol. 124 no. 4 458
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