Index 329 preventive health behavior, 54,
55 – 56 self-blame, 141 self-doctoring behaviors, 46, 75 spirituality, 242 time conflicts, 291 workaholism, 213, 214 Kurt, an internist, self-destructive behaviors, 222
Lacan, Jacques, 115 Larry, an anesthesiologist
( comments on) disclosure, 158 – 159, 160 physician selection factors, 62 Lifton, Robert Jay, 8 limit-setting, as coping strategy,
223 – 225 literature review, 13 – 15 Lou, a pediatrician( comments on) boundary conflicts, 78 communication barriers, 113 denial, 30, 31 disclosure conflicts, 147, 164,
165, 166 doctoring style changes, 258 physician selection, 65 power of patienthood, 27 preventive health behavior, 54
Lou, a pediatrician, post-interview,
309 lying, costs of, 155 – 157
magical thinking as denial, 30, 32 invulnerability beliefs, 33 – 36,
141, 260 odds interpretation, 205 patient expectations, 260 – 262,
292 power of, 9, 302, 304 – 305 and workaholism, 216 Malinowski, Bronislaw, 9 malpractice suits, impact on medical error discussions, 91 – 92 Mandell, Harvey, 13 – 14 Man’ s Search for Meaning( Frankl), 8 Mark, an internist( comments on) disclosure conflicts, 167, 169 – 170 framing of information, 194 – 195,
290 friends as patients, 265 invulnerability beliefs, 35 limit setting, 224 spirituality, 245, 248 – 249
Mathilde and husband, physicians( comments on) communication problems, 114,
289 – 290 disclosure, 145, 152, 156 – 157, 160 physician limitations, 63 professional identity, 26, 30 retirement, 231 support groups, 222 medical errors, 85, 90 – 93 medical student’ s disease, 27 – 28 medical uncertainty challenges, double-lens experience, 181 – 184 mental illness, discrimination,
134 – 135 See also psychiatric symptoms methodology overview, 16 – 21,
302 – 305 mild symptoms, dismissing, 93 – 99,
109 – 110 Miller, Benjamin, 13 – 14 minimalism, in physician selection decision-making, 62 – 63, 83 Mitford, Jessica, 136
Nancy, an endocrinologist
( comments on) communication challenges, 105, 112 complementary medicine, 210 disclosure conflicts, 162 – 163, 164,
169 doctoring style changes, 259 emotional distress, 219 identity losses, 102 – 103 institutional obstacles, 86 – 87 medical errors, 90 medical knowledge disadvantages,
189 medical uncertainty, 184 odds interpretation, 201 – 202 professional responsibility, 123,
279 retirement decision-making, 236