Handbook of Communication in Anaesthesia and Critical Care: A Practical Guide to Exploring the Art

By Andrew Smith, Marion I. Andrew, Suyin G.M. Tan, et al.

This book provides anesthetists, intensivists and other critical care staff with a comprehensive resource that offers ways of improving communication in everyday clinical practice, and provides practical communication tools that can be used in difficult or unfamiliar circumstances. It
demonstrates how communication can be structured to improve patient care and safety with numerous practical examples and vignettes illustrating how the concepts discussed can be integrated into clinical practice, and presents ideas in a way that enhances clinical interactions with patients and
colleagues and facilitate the teaching of trainees.

Edited by practicing anesthetists with particular expertise in teaching communication, and with contributions from expert clinicians based in North America, Europe and Australasia, this book will stimulate and complement the development of comprehensive resources for communication skills teaching in
anesthesia and other related professional groups.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199577285
• ISBN13: 9780199577286
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"