Elisabeth Macdonald (ed.)

Difficult Conversations in Medicine

Herausgeber: Macdonald, Elisabeth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In all branches of medicine, effective communication between health care professionals and patients, families and carers is essential to ensure first-class treatment. Increasingly public awareness of health issues and the ready availability of health information have lead the public to be more widely informed about common conditions and the treatments available. Patients therefore attend a medical consultation better informed so the need for improved communication skills is even greater. Skill in communication is a matter of personal ability which varies widely between individuals in the medical profession as in any other. In response, the aim of this book is to dispel the anxieties which contribute to poor communication. This book covers ethical and legal issues, planning difficult conversations, the patient's and doctor's perspectives, issues surrounding special groups such as children and the elderly, and conversations with patients from different cultural backgrounds. Outlines of possible clinical cases posing specific problems are included with guidance on how to handle them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9780198527749
• ISBN-10: 0198527748
• Artikelnr.: 21151090

Autorenporträt

Edited by ELIZABETH MACDONALD, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Cromwell Hospital, London and Consultant Emeritus, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: Liza Macdonald: An introduction to basics
* 2: Liza Macdonald: Fundamentals of good communication
* 3: Michael Parker: The ethics of communication
* 4: Liza Macdonald: Overall plan of management of difficult
conversations
* 5: Liza Macdonald: The patient's perspective
* 6: Liza Macdonald: The doctor's perspective
* 7: Peter Maguire: Dealing with strong emotions and difficult
personalities
* 8: Melinda Edwards: Difficult conversations with children and parents
* 9: Liza Macdonald: Special adult groups
* 10: Liza Macdonald: Difficult practical circumstances
* 11: Cathy Heaven: Communication in a multiprofessional setting
* 12: Liza Macdonald: Communication in a multicultural society
* 13: Carmel O'Donovan: Apologies in clinical medicine
* 14: Liz Martinez: Legal constraints and guidelines to good practice
* 15: Peter Maguire, Carolyn Pitceathly, Catherine Hood and Liza
Macdonald: Maintaining a balance
* 16: Liza Macdonald: Conclusions and future directions
* Appendix I: Transcripts of useful illustrative conversations
* Appendix II: A curriculum for communication in medical education