Comprehensive care for complex patients : the medical-psychiatric coordinating physician model / Steven A. Frankel, James A. Bourgeois, Philip Erdberg.
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
An innovative guide for all physicians, especially psychiatrists, who are challenged to work with complex, resource demanding patients.
Contents
Complex treatments: the evolving place for a medical-psychiatric coordinating physician -- Beyond the physician-patient model: the value of a treatment team for dealing with clinical complexity -- Sorting out clinical complexity: medical and psychometric testing -- The limitations of algorithms: details of two "clinically complex" treatments -- Negotiating the subjectivity and inter-subjectivity of the clinical field: the complexity inherent in clinical work -- The intersection of data and clinical judgment: the place of subjectivity in treatment decisions -- Clinical strategy: grappling with treatment complexity -- Working consensus: the importance of physician-patient collaboration -- Linking truing measures: technical and interpersonal precision in work with complex cases -- Managing complex treatments: the medical-psychiatric coordinating physician -- The medical-psychiatric coordinating physician: clinical role, training models, and future decisions.