摘要
Storylines of Family Medicine is a 12-part series of thematically linked mini-essays with accompanying illustrations that explore the many dimensions of family medicine,as interpreted by individual family physicians and medical educators in the USA and elsewhere around the world.In‘Ⅵ:ways of being—in the office with patients’,authors address the following themes:‘Patient-centred care—cultivating deep listening skills’,‘Doctor as witness’,‘Words matter’,‘Understanding others—metaphor and its use in medicine’,‘Communicating with patients—making good use of time’,‘The patient-centred medical home—aspirations for the future’,‘Routine,ceremony or drama?’and‘The life course’.May readers better appreciate the nuances of patient care through these essays.
