The large and heterogeneous group of patients with "unexplained somatic symptoms," with
or without coexisting psychiatric, "functional," or "organic" illnesses, provides continuing …

… We also dedicate this book to the late Ian R McWhinney, MD, who invited Joseph to
come to Western University as a Visiting Professor and provided him and all of us with an …

Highly successful in its first two editions, McWhinney's Textbook of Family Medicine is one of
the seminal texts in the field. While many family medicine texts simply cover the disorders a …

This article describes a patient-centred clinical method appropriate for family medicine. The
method is designed to attain an understanding of the patient as well as his disease. This two-…

A method for assessing the patient-centred approach was used to identify changes taking
place in the interviewing behaviour of 13 residents during two months in a teaching practice. …

The study of 299 chronically ill patients examined the doctor/patient relationship by asking
two questions: first, what factors affect the quality of the relationship and secondly, does the …

Patients with so-called somatoform disorders are very common, especially in the primary
care setting (1, 2). These disorders are a source of frustration and difficulty for physicians and …

In this article, the patient-centred clinical method is described in operational terms. Definitions
are given for the patient's expectations, feelings and fears. The physician behaviours …

Until recently, the content, structure, and function of communication between doctors and
patients has re ceived little attention and has been excluded from the realm of scientific inquiry; …

Objective: To evaluate a palliative care home support team based on an inpatient unit.
Design: Randomised controlled trial with waiting list. Patients in the study group received the …