Health professional and patient interaction
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Health professional and patient interaction
W.B. Saunders, c2002
6th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The New Edition of this comprehensive text focuses on respectful interaction between health professional/patient. Psychological, sociological, contextual and ethical dynamics influencing interaction prepare readers for successful encounters with patients of all ages and their families. The text is well organized and easy to use. A full set of teaching tools in every chapter features learning objectives and thought-provoking questions to help readers apply concepts to real-life situations.
Table of Contents
Part I. Setting the Context: The Environment of Professional Life: What Is a Profession? Values. The Environment of Health Care Institutions. The Society in Which Professionals Work. Part II. Focus: The Health Professional: Student. Clinician. Personal Life as a Professional. Part III. Focus: The Patient: Challenges to Patients. Privileges of Patients. Personal Life of the Patient. Part IV. Focus: Interaction Between Health Professional and Patient Communication: Verbal Communication. Nonverbal Communication. Part V. The Health Professional and Patient Relationship: The Process of Establishing Relatedness. The Importance of Recognizing Boundaries. The Challenge of Creating Professional Closeness. Part VI. Respectful Interaction-Working with Patients: Respectful Interaction: Working with Newborns, Infants, And Toddlers. Respectful Interaction: Working with the Child and Adolescent. Respectful Interaction: Working with the Middle Years Adult. Respectful Interaction: Working with the Elderly Patient. Part VII. Respectful Interaction Who Present Special Challenges: Respectful Interaction in Other Difficult Situations.
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