Difficult Patients

By Joy Duxbury and Joy Ann Duxbury BSc(Hons) RNT RMN RGN

Nursing can bring out the worst as well as the very best of human relationships and there is a need to enhance effective communication whatever the setting, stage or level of care involved. Every situation has the potential to be 'difficult' and in her new book Joy Duxbury has provided a wealth of personal experience, both good and bad, that illustrates the practical application of the principles outlined in Difficult Patients.. Experience has led the author to develop a 'set of rules' for dealing with difficult situations and these form an extremely useful framework for all nurses and healthcare professionals likely to find themselves in a 'difficult' situation.

Difficult Patients is an extremely relevant book in today's current climate, and should be an essential purchase for all nurses as well as other healthcare professionals who deal with people in stressful situations.

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- An integrated approach to therapeutic communication in the nurse-patient relationship underpins the strategies and approaches offered in this very practical text * *
- A compact guide to resolving 'difficult' situations in the health care setting - from both patient and nursing perspectives

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750638389
• ISBN13: 9780750638388
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"