The Fifteen Minute Hour

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.

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