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By Debra L. Roter and Judith L. Hall. 203 pp. Westport, Conn., Auburn House, 1992. $45. ISBN 0-86569-048-0.

Doctors Talking with Patients/Patients Talking with Doctors is a treasure-trove of information about patient-doctor communication. Roter and Hall point out that talking is the fabric of medical care. By talking with patients, physicians figure out what is wrong, discuss treatment plans, and explore areas of concern to patients. Roter and Hall also discuss the ways in which patients talk to their doctors, expressing their needs, asking questions, and making known their concerns.

This book provides an impressive distillation of the important literature on this topic, much of it originating with Roter and Hall themselves. Roter and Hall provide fact and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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