Aims and structure of the consultation
3 Aims and structure of the consultation Chapter Contents Concerning aims Interim thoughts Notions of health and illness Engendering wellbeing Accept the gift of one’s own symptoms 100 If you feel…
Case history-taking: Hearing the patient’s story
5 Case history-taking Hearing the patient’s story Chapter Contents General considerations Taking the history Summary of the aims of history-taking The history of the case history The ‘conversation’ The nature…
The therapeutic relationship in phytotherapy
2 The therapeutic relationship in phytotherapy Chapter Contents The challenge of the therapeutic relationship What is the ‘therapeutic relationship’? The variety of relationship models in healthcare Patient expectations: clarification and…
Phytotherapy in context
1 Phytotherapy in context Chapter Contents The origins of herbal therapeutics The common origins of diet and medicine Matters of taste Shape-shifting Food, medicine and pharmacology Co-evolution Wholeness and complexity…
On profiling and diagnosis: Appreciating the patient’s predicament
4 On profiling and diagnosis Appreciating the patient’s predicament Chapter Contents Introduction Expectations and agendas: never assume Weighing the three classic strategies On convergence and divergence Distinctive features of the…
Physical examination and clinical investigation: Other ways of knowing
6 Physical examination and clinical investigation Other ways of knowing Chapter Contents The nature of physical examination Examination versus investigation Evidence-based physical examination Aims and potentials of physical examination The…
Concluding the consultation and providing ongoing care: Coherence and continuity
7 Concluding the consultation and providing ongoing care Coherence and continuity Chapter Contents Introduction Moving towards a conclusion Aims and strategies in closing Coherence and understanding Awareness of placebo and…
