(eBook PDF) Clinical Communication Skills for Medicine 4th Edition

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product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0702072133
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0702072130
• Author: Margaret Lloyd MD FRCP FRCGP (Author), & 2 more

Clinical Communication Skills for Medicine is an essential guide to the core skills for effective patient-centered communication. In the twenty years since this book was first published the teaching of these skills has developed and evolved. Today’s doctors fully appreciate the importance of communicating successfully and sensitively with people receiving health care and those close to them.

This practical guide to developing communication skills will be of value to students throughout their careers. The order of the chapters reflects this development, from core skills to those required to respond effectively and compassionately in challenging situations. The text includes case examples, guidelines and opportunities to encourage the reader to stop and think.

table of contents:

• Introduction
• Core skills in clinical communication
• Gathering information
• Discussing sensitive topics
• Sharing information
• Shared decision making
• Breaking bad news
• Communicating with a patient’s family
• Communicating with children and young people
• Communicating with people from different cultural backgrounds
• Diversity in communication
• Communicating about medical error

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