The Fifteen Minute Hour

The Fifteen Minute Hour is well-established as a classic text, providing invaluable support for primary care practitioners aiming to increase patient satisfaction without adding significantly to the length of a visit. This sixth edition continues to emphasise a patient-centred approach to help practitioners enhance the therapeutic relationship with their patients. With a renewed focus on wellness and health promotion, the book offers simple and effective techniques to solve or prevent psychological and behavioural problems manifested in the consultation. The Fifteen Minute Hour has become essential reading around the world, and this sixth edition is completely updated with brand new case material based on real-world consultations, additional techniques for managing chronic conditions including pain, and new references substantiating the efficacy of the authors’ methods.

Table of Contents
1 The BATHE Technique key to making your practice Patient Centered. 2 Expanding the context  of the Office Visit or Medical Consultation. 3 Promoting Wellness and Managing Chronic Conditions. 4 Small Interventions That Have Large Impact. 5 Therapeutic Pearls for Brief Counseling Sessions. 6 Structuting a  Fifteen-Minute Counseling Session. 7 Managing Difficult Patients:  Their pain and yours. 8 Accenting the Positive: Putting an Affirmative Spin on the BATHE Technique. 9 How to Handle Special Situations, Staff, and Assure Self-Preservation. 10 Wrapping Up – Integrating Treatments, Modifying Lifestyles, Getting Results. Appendix A: Twelve Good Questions and Three Good Answers for All Seasons. Appendix B: Recommended Books for Patients. Index

 

Marian R. Stuart, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine and Community Health at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ - Joseph A. Lieberman III, MD, MPH, FAAFP, is Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Sidney Kimmel Medical College (formerly known as Jefferson Medical College) at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pa.