Case Presentation No. 7: The Farmer’s Thumb

Synopsis: Explores communication difficulties between an aggressive patient with a ‘trivial’ symptom and an inexperienced doctor and raises questions of symptom evaluation in the social and psychological context of the patient.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w. 30 min.
Year of production: 1980
Availability: Sale
Uses: Senior medical students and nurses.
Subjects: Medical sciences
Keywords: case histories; clinical diagnosis; communication skills; doctor-patient relationships

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