[How to deal with teenagers in general practice?].
Meeting a teenager as a general practitioner is not straightforward. Such a consultation has its own specific characteristics, and what is at stake goes beyond the apparent reason for the consultation. In order to avoid missing something by adopting a "wait and see" attitude in front of the uninsured teenagers, the author suggests the simplest ways of sticking to the four major objectives: ensuring self-expression, easing the relationship, improving body image and self esteem and increasing the range of possible solutions. A first series aims to expand the contents of all the consultations starting from the alleged reasons, the presence of a third party, the clinical examination and the investigative questions. A second series aims to create the conditions that help to get over a hurdle when a malaise has been diagnosed: confronting points of view, setting an appointment, strengthening the links thanks to relational tools and possibly directing towards the relevant health system.
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Philippe
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Groupe de cliniciens libéraux de la Charente-Maritime associant 17 généralistes. phibin@wanadoo.fr
D000293:Adolescent; D003142:Communication; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009819:Office Visits; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012649:Self Concept