The Fifteen Minute Hour: Efficient and Effective Patient-Centered Consultation Skills, Sixth Edition

The Fifteen Minute Hour is well-established as a classic text, providing invaluable support for primary care practitioners aiming to increase patient satisfaction without adding significantly to the length of a visit. This sixth edition continues to emphasise a patient-centred approach to help practitioners enhance the therapeutic relationship with their patients. With a renewed focus on wellness and health promotion, the book offers simple and effective techniques to solve or prevent psychological and behavioural problems manifested in the consultation. The Fifteen Minute Hour has become essential reading around the world, and this sixth edition is completely updated with brand new case material based on real-world consultations, additional techniques for managing chronic conditions including pain, and new references substantiating the efficacy of the authors’ methods.

Marian R. Stuart, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine and Community Health at
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Joseph A. Lieberman III, MD, MPH, FAAFP, is Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Sidney
Kimmel Medical College (formerly known as Jefferson Medical College) at
Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pa.