"The late Allen Barbour, a master clinician-educator . . . has distilled 40 years of experience into a book that is both practical and scholarly. . . . A book to be read cover to cover by health care providers of all types, in training as well as midway through their careers. Were he alive today, Osler would be pleased to write the preface." -- Annals of Internal Medicine
"Extremely thoughtful and well researched, this book offers practical approaches to typically difficult patient problems. . . . I highly recommend this book to anyone teaching or practicing primary carephysicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and behavioral scientists." -- Family Medicine
"A legacy of Barbour's 40-year career in teaching, scholarship, and patient care, Caring for Patients is an excellent read. The writing is crisp and lucid. . . . A gem of a book." -- New England Journal of Medicine
"A book to be read cover to cover by health care providers of all types, in training as well as midway through their careers. Were he alive today, Osler would be pleased to write the preface." -- Annals of Internal Medicine
"The author is to be congratulated for assembling a most readable, concise, yet scholarly review of the importance of using a biopsychosocial approach in conceptualizing and treating mental illness." -- American Journal of Psychiatry
