{"product_id":"thinking-about-patients-9781032645063","title":"Thinking about Patients","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Misselbrook David\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Physician \u0026amp; Patient (Incl. Narrative Medicine)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf medicine is so great, why are people getting sick? Why don't people turn up for follow-up checks or take their pills properly? And why do patients sometimes seem to come from another planet?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedicine doesn't happen in a vacuum. It happens between doctors and patients, who seem to inhabit very different worlds. It's not enough to think about medicine. We need to think more about patients.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 2001 and reissued here with a new preface, \u003ci\u003eThinking About Patients\u003c\/i\u003e promotes a multidimensional model of medicine. It offers a practical guide to the psychological and social processes involved in practicing medicine and in being a patient. It will help us to return to what medicine is all about - using our skills to serve patients.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46931030245527,"sku":"9781032645063","price":2707.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781032645063.webp?v=1771610598","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/thinking-about-patients-9781032645063","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}