Effective Interaction with Patients

By Ann Faulkner

Communicating effectively with patients remains a very difficult area for nurses, doctors, OTs - in fact all health care professionals. It is a skill which is now routinely taught in nursing and allied health courses, at student and practitioner levels, and has even entered the medical curriculum Health employers now realise that if their employees cannot communicate effectively it is expensive in terms of non-compliance, mis-diagnosis, etc. Also, patients now expect options to be explained to them lucidlyand clearly. This short and readable book is a practical guide to communication skills. It uses a case study approach to illustrate good communication. It does not provide a theoretical base, but the new second edition contains more further reading thanthe previous edition for the more academically minded reader.More detail on the principles of good communication New section on spiritual distress
More case studies to help link the principles to practice Some case studies from outwith the nursing experience
Very readable and inexpensive More further reading for those who want to expand their understanding

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0443058768
• ISBN13: 9780443058769
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 5.8"