Bruce Kirkcaldy

The Art and Science of Health Care (eBook, ePUB)

Psychology and Human Factors

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Going beyond pure technology - how "soft factors" are vital to improve medical care. Technological innovations and new drugs have led to an explosion in the costs of medical care, and also to the realization among both medical and allied practitioners and patients that such innovation has not necessarily led to more effective care. A gap exists between theory and real-life practice - one that this book attempts to bridge. Thought-provoking essays by an array of distinguished contributors, based on contemporary research and wide-ranging experience in clinical practice, show how we can and must go beyond pure technology in order to improve clinical care. Cultural and social factors on the part of the patients; the practitioner's own personality and other "soft factors"; society trends such as increased migration; communication skills; techniques ranging from mindfulness, cognitive psychology, and narrative medicine, to humor. All these and other human factors that medical professionals and those in training (physicians, nurses, counselors, and others) need to integrate into practice to provide effective and cost-effective care are explored and illuminated here by leading experts from a variety of disciplines.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Via Tolino Media
• Seitenzahl: 399
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783739492360
• Artikelnr.: 59173991

Autorenporträt

Bruce Kirkcaldy has academic degrees in psychology from the Universities of Dundee and Giessen, as well as postgraduate professional training as a behavioural therapist and clinical psychologist. He is Director of the International Centre for the Study of Occupational and Mental Health, and runs his own psychotherapy practise specializing in the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders. In addition, he is Visiting Professor for Psychology at the Jagiellonian University, Cracow in Poland.