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Performing the Interview

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The Medical Interview

Part of the book series: Frontiers of Primary Care ((PRIMARY))

Abstract

The medical interview is the core clinical interaction and the clinician’s most important and intimate professional activity. The average practioner will conduct 120,000–160,000 interviews in the course of a 40-year career, which is an extraordinary number of times for any ask. It behooves the practitioner to interview patients with high efficiency, high accuracy, and high satisfaction, because it is such a central professional commitment.

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  1. Mack Lipkin Jr.
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  2. Richard M. Frankel
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  3. Howard B. Beckman
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care, New York University Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, 10016, New York, USA

    Mack Lipkin Jr. M.D.

  2. American Academy on Physician and Patient, 550 First Avenue, 10016, New York, USA

    Mack Lipkin Jr. M.D.

  3. East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, 10 Grove Street, 02128, East Boston, MA, USA

    Samuel M. Putnam M.D.

  4. University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, USA

    Aaron Lazare M.D.

  5. Miles Institute for Health Care Communication, 06516, West Haven, CT, USA

    J. Gregory Carroll Jr. Ph.D.

  6. New York University Medical Center, 550 First Avenue, 10016, New York, NY, USA

    J. Gregory Carroll Jr. Ph.D.

  7. University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 14642, Rochester, NY, USA

    Richard M. Frankel Ph.D.

  8. Residency Program in Internal Medicine, Highland Hospital of Rochester, 14620, Rochester, NY, USA

    Richard M. Frankel Ph.D.

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© 1995 Mack Lipkin Jr. M.D.

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Lipkin, M., Frankel, R.M., Beckman, H.B., Charon, R., Fein, O. (1995). Performing the Interview. In: Lipkin, M., Putnam, S.M., Lazare, A., Carroll, J.G., Frankel, R.M. (eds) The Medical Interview. Frontiers of Primary Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2488-4_5

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