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Developing Communication and Counselling Skills in Medicine book cover

1st Edition

Developing Communication and Counselling Skills in Medicine

Edited By Roslyn Corney Copyright 1991
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge
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The need to train health professionals in communication skills is widely recognized. Good doctor/patient interaction has a positive effect on recovery from illness, decreasing patients’ anxiety, improving compliance with treatment, and reducing common causes of patients’ complaints.  First published in 1991, Developing Communication and Counselling Skills in Medicine is the first book written... Read more

Part 1: Basic issues and skills  1. The need for better communication and emotional support  2. Emotional responses in patients and doctors  3. Developing communication and interviewing skills  4. Providing relevant information for patients and their families  Part 2: Developing specific communication and counselling skills  5. Identifying emotional and psychosocial problems  6. Managing difficult communication tasks  7. Communication in terminal illness and bereavement  8. Crisis intervention with cancer patients  9. The diagonis of patients at risk of psychiatric disorder  10. Interviewing and counselling children and their families  11. Interviewing the aggressive patient  12. Handling complaints  13. Using cognitive-behavioural techniques  Part 3: The role of the doctor and other professionals  14. Looking after yourself  15. The role of other organizations

Biography

Roslyn Corney

Review of the first publication:

‘…particularly well-written and well-balanced accounts by experts in special fields.’

— J Bird, Postgraduate Medical Journal, Volume 68, Issue 804

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