Patients Who Deceive:

by Loren Pankratz, Pankratz, Loren Pankratz

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0398068674
• ISBN13: 9780398068677
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Skillful, well-illustrated analyses of complex phenomena.

"Patients Who Deceive" illustrates a rich spectrum of problematic patient behavior. The chapters that cover specific diagnostic categories are illustrated with case examples that the author has skillfully drawn from his clinical practice. He helps the reader understand why one conclusion fits better than another. Even within a particular diagnosis, the cases he describes are widely varied, which makes the examples all the more welcome.One chapter I found particularly illuminating, "Assessment Misadventure," is presumably a variation of the legal concept of "treatment misadventure." Here he describes patients who appear deceptive at first glance but for whom other explanations are found to account for their disturbing behavior.A colleague who teaches both bioethics and law and medicine is confident that "Patients Who Deceive" will become an invaluable resource for both practitioners and students of health law--as well as for mental health and medical professionals. I agree.