Foreword
Introduction
Part I: Communication in medicine: democracy and its discontents
Chapter 1: Communication hypocompetence - an iatrogenic epidemic
Chapter 2: Democracy in medicine
Chapter 3: Patient-centeredness without a center
Chapter 4: How doctors think can be judged from how they listen and speak
Chapter 5: A new wave of patient-centeredness
Chapter 6: Models of patient-centered care
Chapter 7: What is meant by 'empathy'?
Chapter 8: Gender matters in medical education
Part II: Deep theorizing in communication in medicine: relationships between team process and practitioner identity
Chapter 9: Working and learning in 'teams' in a new era of health care
Chapter 10: Theorizing team process through cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT): networking and knotworking
Chapter 11: Theorizing team process through a Foucauldian perspective: gaining a voice in team activity at the clinical coalface
Chapter 12: Theorizing team process through actor-network-theory (ANT): communication practice as a theory in action
Chapter 13: Theorizing team process through Deleuzean rhizomatics: becoming a medical professional in nomadic teams
Chapter 14: Team process and complexity theory: blunting Occam's Razor
Chapter 15: Building a collaborative community in medical education research
Part III: A brief but provocative conclusion
Chapter 16: Conclusion: professing medical identities in the liquid world of teams
Bibliography
Index
About the Author: Alan Bleakley is Professor of Medical Education and Medical Humanities at Plymouth University Peninsula School of Medicine, UK, recently formed from the dissolution of Peninsula Medical School, where he was Deputy Director of the Institute of Clinical Education, internationally recognized as a leading medical education academic and research centre. He initially studied zoology and physiology and biochemistry, but switched to psychology, where his interests in brain science soon faded to be replaced by a passion for a more arts and humanities based psychology. He trained as a psychotherapist, obtaining a DPhil from Sussex University, and practiced for over 25 years, also running qualifying courses in psychotherapy for the University of Exeter, and education in communication for GPs and other health practitioners. He also taught psychodynamic therapies on a doctoral qualifying course for clinical psychologists also at the University of Exeter. Alan came into medical education some years ago, where he has become a leading international figure, especially in the field of theory.
