Health Professional and Patient Interaction - Brossura

Purtilo, Ruth B.; Haddad, Amy Marie

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0721692974 ISBN 13: 9780721692975

Casa editrice: W B Saunders Co, 2002

Riassunto

Revised and updated, the sixth edition of this comprehensive resource focuses on respectful interactions in a health care setting. Emphasizing effective communication with clients and patients, examples and scenarios are specifically relevant to health professionals. Content includes information and strategies for patients of all ages -- as well as abusive, depressed, and impaired patients.

Clinically relevant format is easy to understand.

Examples are included from a variety of allied heath professions and are easily transferred to real-life experiences.

Scenarios facilitate thought-provoking classroom discussion.

Content emphasizes a respect for diversity to guide readers through potential difficulties.

Content has been thoroughly updated to include current health care settings, trends, and approaches.

Two new chapters have been added - The Patient's Story and Some New Challenges.

New boxes and illustrations have been included to make the text more reader-friendly.

New Verbal Interactions quotes are included at the beginning of each chapter.

Discussion questions are now located within chapter content to aid in comprehension.

Respect is the text's on-going theme. Examples and case scenarios throughout the text emphasize this critical aspect of patient communication.

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Contenuti

PART I: SETTING THE CONTEXT
1. Respect and the Difference it Makes
2. Respect and the Work Environment
3. Respect, Values, and Diversity
PART II: RESPECT FOR YOURSELF
4. Respect for Yourself as a Student
5. Respect for Yourself as a Professional
6. Enhancing Life Through Good Habits in Your Professional Career
PART III: RESPECT FOR THE PATIENT'S SITUATION
7. Losses and Gains
8. Respect for the Personal Life of the Patient
PART IV: RESPECT FOR THE PATIENT'S SITUATION
9. The Patient's Story
10. Respectful Communication in an Information-Intensive Health Care Environment
PART V: COMPONENTS OF RESPECTFUL INTERACTION
11. The Process of Establishing Relatedness
12. The Importance of Recognizing Boundaries
13. The Challenge of Creating Professional Closeness
PART VI: RESPECTFUL INTERACTION ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
14. Working with Newborns, Infants, and Toddlers
15. Working with Children and Adolescents
16. Working with Adults
17. Working with Older Adults
PART VII: RESPECTFUL INTERACTION: SOME SPECIAL CHALLENGES WORTH CONSIDERING
18. Working with Dying Patients and Their Families
19. Showing Respect in Difficult Situations
20. Some New Challenges - Genetic Families, Statistical Lives, and Environmental Concerns

Product Description

Book by Purtilo PhD FAPTA Ruth B Haddad PhD RN Amy M

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: W B Saunders Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0721692974
• ISBN 13: 9780721692975
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 364
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile