This document discusses the importance of obtaining a thorough social history when presenting a patient. A good social history provides relevant information about a patient's prognosis, end of life planning, support networks, caregiver health and coping ability, sexual function, and finances. Introducing inadequate social supports as a discussion issue allows presentation of key details from the social history as a specific problem.
This document discusses the importance of obtaining a thorough social history when presenting a patient. A good social history provides relevant information about a patient's prognosis, end of life planning, support networks, caregiver health and coping ability, sexual function, and finances. Introducing inadequate social supports as a discussion issue allows presentation of key details from the social history as a specific problem.
This document discusses the importance of obtaining a thorough social history when presenting a patient. A good social history provides relevant information about a patient's prognosis, end of life planning, support networks, caregiver health and coping ability, sexual function, and finances. Introducing inadequate social supports as a discussion issue allows presentation of key details from the social history as a specific problem.
This document discusses the importance of obtaining a thorough social history when presenting a patient. A good social history provides relevant information about a patient's prognosis, end of life planning, support networks, caregiver health and coping ability, sexual function, and finances. Introducing inadequate social supports as a discussion issue allows presentation of key details from the social history as a specific problem.
Introduce this when presenting with the term social history
therefore giving it some credence as a relevant entity. Youll sink or swim on a good social history. Important things relate to prognosis and planning of dying, how well they are plugged in to the relative support networks, the health of the main caregiver (usually spouse) and how well that person is coping (they asked me this in FRACP exam & I didnt know dammit), sexual function and finance. You can often introduce Inadequate social supports as one of your issues for discussion and mention most of the social history as a specific problem during your presentation.