"A Lange medical book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The Medical Interview / Mack Lipkin, Jr. -- 2. Empathy / Barry Egener -- 3. Giving Bad News / Geoffrey H. Gordon -- 4. Difficult Patients / Howard B. Beckman -- 5. Sexuality & Professionalism / Richard M. Frankel and Sarah Williams -- 6. Suggestion & Hypnosis / John F. Christensen -- 7. Managed Care / Geoffrey H. Gordon -- 8. Physician Well-being / Anthony L. Suchman and Gita Ramamurthy -- 9. Families / Steven R. Hahn -- 10. Children / Howard L. Taras -- 11. Adolescents / Lawrence S. Friedman -- 12. Older Patients / Clifford Singer, Stephen R. Jones and Linda Ganzini -- 13. Cross-cultural Communication / Melissa Welch and Mitchell D. Feldman -- 14. Lesbian & Gay Patients / Jocelyn C. White -- 15. Women / E. Montez Mutzig -- 16. Behavior Change / Daniel O'Connell -- 17. Adherence / M. Robin DiMatteo -- 18. Smoking / Nancy A. Rigotti -- 19. Obesity / Robert B. Baron -- 20. Eating Disorders / Steven J. Romano and Katherine A. Halmi --

21. Alcohol & Substance Use / Michael Fleming -- 22. Depression / Steven A. Cole, John F. Christensen and Mary A. Raju [et al.] -- 23. Anxiety / Wendy Levinson and Charles C. Engel, Jr. -- 24. Somatization / Craig B. Kaplan -- 25. Personality Disorders / Adriana Feder and Seth Wigdor Robbins -- 26. Dementia / David M. Pope and Alicia Boccellari -- 27. Sleep Disorders / Clifford Singer and Robert L. Sack -- 28. Sexual Problems / David G. Bullard and Harvey W. Caplan -- 29. Stress & Disease / Jeffrey L. Boone and John F. Christensen -- 30. Pain / Gregory T. Smith and Douglas K. Beers -- 31. HIV/AIDS / Jeffrey H. Burack, Mitchell D. Feldman and Thomas J. Coates -- 32. Mistakes in Medical Practice / Albert W. Wu, Stephen J. McPhee and John F. Christensen -- 33. Domestic Violence / Mitchell D. Feldman -- 34. Chronic Illness / Gail F. Brenner -- 35. Death & Dying / Michael Eisman and Timothy E. Quill.