How to break bad news : a guide for health care professionals / by Buckman, Rob, Kason, Yvonne

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How to break bad news : a guide for health care professionals / by Buckman, Rob

Table of Contents: “…; Who Should Break the Bad News?; 2 Why Breaking Bad News Is Difficult; A Definition of Bad News; Why Bad News Is Bad; A Greater Difficulty: Facing Death; 3 Basic Communication Skills; Professional Listening; Why Patients Are Unhappy; The Basic Steps of the Medical Interview; Professional vs Social Dialogue; 4 Breaking Bad News: A Six-Step Protocol; Some General Comments.…”
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The complete idiot's guide to breaking bad habits / by LeVert, Suzanne

“…Guide to breaking bad habits…”
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The craving mind : from cigarettes to smartphones to love - why we get hooked and how we can break bad habits / by Brewer, Judson

The craving mind : from cigarettes to smartphones to love - why we get hooked and how we can break bad habits / by Brewer, Judson

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Health care communication using personality type : patients are different! / by Allen, Judy, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Using a knowledge of psychological type when breaking bad news --…”
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Shut up and listen : a brief guide to clinical communication skills / by Jackson, Cathy

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Clinical communication skills / by Fielding, Richard

Table of Contents: “…; Ch. 2 Basic Psychological Processes in Communication; Ch. 3 Illness Behaviour and Coping With Illness; Ch. 4 Components of Communication; Ch. 5 Starting the Interview; Ch. 6 Listening and Questioning; Ch. 7 Guiding the Interview; Ch. 8 Feelings: Your Own and Your Patient's; Ch. 9 Exposition: Giving Information to Patients; Ch. 10 Handling Difficult Questions; Ch. 11 Breaking Bad News; Ch. 12 Pain and Communications With the Dying; Ch. 13 Communications With Other Health Workers and Related Issues; Ch. 14 Concluding Remarks.…”
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Speaking of dying : a practical guide to using counselling skills in palliative care / by Heyse-Moore, Louis

Table of Contents: “…Terminology -- Meeting -- Attending skills -- Core counselling skills -- Psychological approaches -- Breaking bad news -- Working with emotions -- Euthanasia -- Family matters -- Spiritual distress -- The sick psyche -- Staff support.…”
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Quantum wellness : a practical and spiritual guide to health and happiness / by Freston, Kathy

Table of Contents: “…: making the body-mind-spirit connection -- The eight pillars of wellness -- Shine a little light : transforming the shadow -- How to hear yourself think : clearing mental chatter -- A jump start for your body : doing a cleanse -- Your nest : creating a magical environment -- Give us this day-- : considering the health, environmental, and spiritual implications of the foods we choose to eat -- One bite at a time : assumptions and truths, questions and answers about eating consciously -- Personal energy management : balancing the fours Rs -- When you are faced with crisis : becoming your own healer -- More detours on the wellness path : breaking bad habits -- Be the change : stepping up to the life that is calling you.…”

Cambridge handbook of psychology, health and medicine /

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Perfect phrases for healthcare professionals : hundreds of ready-to-use phrases / by Rotte, Masashi

Table of Contents: “…Perfect phrases for patients upset about their care -- Perfect phrases for patients suffering from a medical error -- Perfect phrases for patients wanting medically unnecessary prescriptions or tests -- Perfect phrases for breaking bad news to patients and their families -- Perfect phrases for dealing with suspected child abuse, elder abuse, or intimate partner violence -- Perfect phrases for dealing with difficult colleagues -- Perfect phrases for dealing with difficult administrative staff.…”
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Oxford American handbook of clinical examination and practical skills / by Burns, Elizabeth A. 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; 1 Communication skills; Introduction; Essential considerations; Essential rules; Getting started; General principles; Communicating with deaf patients; Cross-cultural communication; Interpreters; Imparting information; The importance of silence; Angry patients; Telephone and e-mail communication; Talking about sex; Breaking bad news; Body language: an introduction; Written communication; Law, ethics, and communication; 2 The history; History-taking; Using this book; Patient profile (PP); Chief complaint (CC); History of present illness (HPI); Past medical history (PMH).…”
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The heart's truth : essays on the art of nursing / by Davis, Cortney, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Cardiff's Feet -- The Evening Back Rub -- Being at the Bedside of the Dying -- First Night in Charge -- Talking to No One -- Nursing and the Word -- Beyond Scientific Explanation -- Weekly Rounds -- Twenty-four Hours in the Life of a Nurse Practitioner -- First, Do No Harm -- Hearing the Stories behind Our Patients' Words -- Body Teaching -- Tattoos -- Breaking Bad News -- Becoming Flora -- Raped -- The Heart's Truth -- Watching ER -- Feeding the Deer -- When Their Rhythms Become Mine -- I Believe in Grief -- Human Feelings, Human Experiences -- Conscious Suffering.…”
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Care of the dying and deceased patient : a practical guide for nurses /

Table of Contents: “…Care of the dying patient : a guide for nurses / Dan Higgins -- Symptom control at the end of life / Louisa Hunwick, Shareen Juwle, and Glen Mitchell -- Do not attempt resuscitation decisions / Elaine Walton and Philip Jevon -- Ethical issues / Fiona Foxall -- Complementary therapies in palliative care / Rachel McGuinness -- Relatives witnessing resuscitation / Melanie Humphreys -- Organ donation / Rachel Hodge and Liz Armstrong -- Breaking bad news / Dan Higgins -- Last offices / Dan Higgins -- Legal issues of death / Richard Griffith -- Post mortems and inquests / Cassam Tengnah -- Record keeping / Philip Jevon.…”
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How not to study a disease : the story of Alzheimer's / by Herrup, Karl

Table of Contents: “…Testing Our Models: Breaking Bad -- 9. What is Alzheimer's Disease? -- IV: Where Shall We Go from Here? …”
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Cleaning up your mental mess : 5 simple, scientifically proven steps to reduce anxiety, stress, and toxic thinking / by Leaf, Caroline, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…(Part 2, The practical application of the Neurocycle): The 5 steps of the Neurocycle -- Directing your brain for change -- Why it takes sixty-three days of Neurocycling to form a habit -- Neurocycling to build your brain and develop mental toughness -- Neurocycling to detox trauma -- Neurocycling to break bad habits and build good lifestyle habits -- Neurocycling as a daily mind-management routine for cleaning up the mental mess. …”

Emergencies in sports medicine /

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Cancer in children and adults with intellectual disabilities : current research aspects /

Table of Contents: “…; 'Ignorance is bliss' ; Information, Capacity and Consent ; Breaking Bad News; Conclusions ; References.…”
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Changing trends in mental health care and research in Ghana /

Table of Contents: “…Liaison psychiatry in Korle Bu teaching hospital ; Neuropsychological functioning of adult sickle cell disease patients in Ghana ; Psychological wellbeing and quality of life among chronic kidney disease patients in Ghana ; Irritable bowel syndrome and related functional bowel disorders in an urban gastroenterology practice ; Group therapy for mothers of unwell neonatal infants ; Play therapy: a pilot project supporting children undergoing cancer treatment at the Korle Bu teaching hospital ; Breaking bad news -- Section D: Research in psychiatry and clinical biology. …”
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