Communication Skills for the Health Care Professional: Concepts and Techniques

by Gwen Marram Van Servellen

This textbook provides the kind of comprehensive and in-depth preparation your students need to communicate optimally with patients, families, and fellow providers. Combining principles and practical applications, this text shows students how to apply communication techniques to patient care. It contains specific examples from many health care disciplines and is appropriate for all students in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, and other allied...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0834207664
• ISBN13: 9780834207660
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Aspen Publishers
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for enhancing the skills of direct providers.

We are using this book to introduce future therapists to patient and professional communication issues. I especially like the focus on cultural sensitivity and competence as well as the emphasis on patient-focused communication. The section on communication in difficult circumstances is invaluable for entry-level professionals in today's hectic, cost-centered healthcare arena.