Dispositionalism in Musculoskeletal Care: Understanding and Integrating Unique Characteristics of the Clinical Encounter to Optimize Patient Care (Paperback)
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The aim of this book is to discuss contextual factors and the mechanisms at play during the management of musculoskeletal disorders. Knowledge and understanding of these factors can help clinicians to better understand their patients, themselves, and the interactions taking place during patient-clinician exchanges. The awareness of these dispositions can help physicians improve themselves and the care they deliver to patients, leading to a true patient-centered collaborative therapeutic alliance. Physician-patient collaboration is, in turn, associated with better patient adherence and outcomes, and care, delivered in a positive context, produces better outcomes.
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The aim of this book is to discuss contextual factors and the mechanisms at play during the management of musculoskeletal disorders. Knowledge and understanding of these factors can help clinicians to better understand their patients, themselves, and the interactions taking place during patient-clinician exchanges. The awareness of these dispositions can help physicians improve themselves and the care they deliver to patients, leading to a true patient-centered collaborative therapeutic alliance. Physician-patient collaboration is, in turn, associated with better patient adherence and outcomes, and care, delivered in a positive context, produces better outcomes.
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Reviewed on 10th Dec 2024
Easy Read. The Physician's Bible.
Dispositionalism in Musculoskeletal Care by Michael Vianin is a very insightful book that changed how I perceive and understand pain and musculoskeletal problems.
The author provides a patient-based model approach to treating chronic pain while carefully highlighting factors like pain, sleep quality, and depression as essential factors that affect the well-being of the patient. The book provides a clear road map, which the author combines with practical advice that can effectively enhance communication between healthcare professionals and patients.
Dispositionalism in Musculoskeletal Care carefully examines and provides the connection between physical symptoms and mental health. Unlike other works about chronic pain and its remedies, this book looks at ways combining physical and psychological factors in patient care can be an effective remedy. It emphasizes collaborative treatment methods as a better treatment approach.
Vianin also demonstrates the effectiveness of dispositionalism, which is patient-centered. He understands the fact that every patient's case is unique and should be handled as such. He did not just stop there; he provided practical resources that would make it easy for experts to integrate his ideas into their daily practice. I strongly recommend this book.
Reviewed on 10th Dec 2024
Informative And Easy for Anyone to Understand
Based on the title of this book, it seems like there would be a lot of medical terms in it that you may have to look up to understand. Rest assured that this is not the case. The principles discussed in the book are easy to follow and understand, and some of the information that is talked about is also really surprising, at least it was to me.
Additionally, I appreciated the graphs and diagrams that were shown in the book, as well as the many resources that you can look at for more information, which is included after the explanation of all the major ideas that the book mentions. If you are interested in reading medical studies, this is something you will also like.
If you have chronic pain, you may want to read this book as the symptoms you have are likely mentioned. Reading this book may help you have a more informed discussion with your doctor or health team, so you can get the best care for you.
Reviewed on 10th Dec 2024
Practical Tools for Implementation in Patients
“Dispositionalism in Musculoskeletal Care” by Michael Vianin is an essential book for those of us working in the field of musculoskeletal disorders and pain management. In this book, the author introduces the concept of "dispositionalism," an approach that I personally really like because it shows the importance of understanding the unique characteristics of each clinical case to optimize patient care and that is exactly what medicine should focus on today.
One of the things that caught my attention the most about this reading is the practical way in which key topics that influence the treatment of pain are addressed, specifically depression and quality of sleep, which are two very important elements today in the mental and emotional health of patients. I definitely recommend this book because it has tools to be practically implemented in patients.
Reviewed on 10th Dec 2024
Interesting!
Dispositionalism is a concept that differs from the common models that view the individual as a whole, this method analyzes the condition of a human by separating every causality to understand what is actually happening to the patient, because usually, it is not just one thing, it's a combination of conditions that ills the human body and mind.
It was an interesting approach; as a physical education teacher I have a basic understanding of musculoskeletal care, and I think this book expanded my knowledge and gave me tools and ideas to implement. Nevertheless, I think this book is advanced and should be read by people in the healthcare business; it is definitely technical.