Behavioural Sciences in Medical Practice

- A patient is affected by psycho-social and cultural factorswhich influence behavioural aspects- In medical practice, a study of factors that impact uponthe lifestyle related illness such as cardiovasculardiseases, cancers, trauma and chronic degenerativedisorders necessitates to equate the medicine with thestudy of pathophysiology as the genesis of such diseasesis found in the behavioural aspects of medicine- This book endeavours to provide a well structured studymaterial with efficient learning and communication skillsto understand core psychological processes thatdetermine human behaviour from birth to death- Also provides information to deal with difficult situationslike dying patients, breaking news of death to the familymembers and to understand the bereavement process