1st Edition

Internal Consultation in Health Care Settings

By Robert Bor, Riva Miller Copyright 1991
98 Pages
by Routledge

100 Pages
by Routledge

Robert Bor and, Riva Miller, who run the AIDS Counseling Service at the Royal Free Hospital, London, are internationally known for their work in providing consultation to many hospital departments from within the hospital itself. Internal Consultation in Health Care Settings should, however, be of interest to anyone working within a large organization. The authors have produced a step-by-step... Read more
1. Introduction 2. How a need arises for internal consultation 3. The process of internal consultation Part 1. Planning the consultation 4. The process of internal consultation Part 2. Conducting the consultation 5. Consultation to a colleague about managing staff/clinical problems: consultation in action 6. Consultation to a clinical supervisor: consultation in action 7. Changing from liaison to consultation in the course of clinical work: consultation in action 8. Setting up and developing services in the hospital: consultation in practice 9. Staff stress and internal consultation 10. A conversation about internal consultation 11. Summary and learning points, Exercises for initiating consultation, Further Reading

Biography

Robert Bon C. Psychol; AFBPsS; Churchill Fellow. Principal Clinical Psychologist, District AIDS counsellor and Family Therapist, Royal Free Hospital and Hampstead Health District. Honorary Lecturer in the Academic Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London. Member of the Institute of Family Therapy, London. Riva Miller: BA; SocSci; MSW; Senior Medical Social Worker and Family Therapist, Haemophilia Centre and Haemostasis Unit, and AIDS Counselling Co- ordinator, Royal Free Hospital and Hampstead Health District London. Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Academic Department of Haematology, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London. Consultant, North London Blood Transfusion Centre. Member of the Institute of Family Therapy, London