Difficult Consultations with Adolescents

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Radcliffe Publishing, 2004 - Medical - 130 pages
This book will prove an invaluable resource for all those working in the field of primary healthcare and family medicine. Through case histories the reader will be introduced to adolescents who are depressed, to those who have been failed by the system, to those who cannot communicate their needs, and to those for whom issues of confidentiality have become critical.
 

Contents

Aim and methods of the project
2
Organising the material
9
Harold aggression
15
Ann getting it right
22
Fatima a question of culture?
29
Aisa failure of the system
35
Summary of themes emerging from the consultations
41
Parents
49
Adolescents views of primary care
65
A nurses perspective
78
Reflections of a child and adolescent psychiatrist
85
What do young people tell ChildLine about their doctors?
95
Resources
106
The history of the Balint group
113
Fraser Guidelines and codes of practice for health
126
Copyright

Confusion over where responsibility lies
57

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