Clinical communication skills /
This is a book about patient care. It emphasizes the importance of good communications as an implicit and necessary component of care in clinical practice, and advocates a mutually negotiated and open style of communication. Focusing on the needs of both adults and children, this book contains speci...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
©1995.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | This is a book about patient care. It emphasizes the importance of good communications as an implicit and necessary component of care in clinical practice, and advocates a mutually negotiated and open style of communication. Focusing on the needs of both adults and children, this book contains specific recommendations for communication approaches relating to questioning styles, giving information, handling difficult questions, and breaking bad news. Theoretical issues are also addressed and many clinical situations (such as pain, cancer and terminal illness) are included for illustration purposes. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 333 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-318) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789882200760 9882200761 |
