RT Book, Section
A1 Bolling, Christopher F.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 6733963
T1 Chapter 4. Interviewing Techniques
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6733963
RD 2024/04/16
AB The  medical  history  represents  the  single-most  important  opportunity  to  obtain  individualized  medical  information.  Since  it  is  an  opportunity  and  not  a  guaranteed  source  of  information,  the  caregiver  or  patient  during  the  interview  may  unknowingly  miss  critical  data.  Language  proficiency,  patient  and  caregiver  cognitive  abilities,  readiness  to  change  behavior,  interest  in  seeking  health  care,  and  personal  comfort  with  the  practitioner  are  only  a  few  factors  that  may  influence  the  ability  to  obtain  vital  information.  The  information  in  this  chapter  can  enhance  the  health  care  provider’s  ability  to  obtain  patient  information  and  to  delve  more  deeply  into  patient  motivation  and  understanding  than  the  classically  structured  patient  history.  It  assumes  that  it  is  a  caregiver  of  a  patient  that  is  being  interviewed,  but  the  principles  described  apply  to  interviewing  patients  when  developmentally  appropriate.  A  more  detailed  discussion  of  communication  approaches  is  provided  in  Chapter  3.