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HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AND PATIENT INTERACTION
Health Professional and Patient Interaction
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Seventh Edition

By
Ruth Purtilo, PhD, FAPTA, Professor and Director of Ethics Initiative, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA
Amy Haddad, PhD, RN, Professor, Center for Health Policy and Ethics, Department of Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences, School of Allied Health Professions, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Description
The revised and updated seventh edition of Health Professional and Patient Interaction emphasizes respectful interactions in a wide range of health care settings. Strategies for effectively communicating with patients of all ages, as well as abusive, depressed and impaired patients, are illustrated through examples and various scenarios.

Contents


Part 1: Creating a Context of Respect


1. Respect: The Difference it Makes

2. Respect in the Institutional Settings of Health Care

3. Respect in a Diverse Society



Part 2. Respect for Yourself


4. Respect for Yourself: The Student Years

5. Respect for Yourself in Your Professional Capacity



Part 3. Respect for the Patient?s Situation


6. Challenges to Patients

7. Respect for the Patient?s Personal Relationships



Part 4. Respect through Communication


8. The Patient?s Story

9. Respectful Communication in an Information Age



Part 5. Components of Respectful Interaction


10. Professional Relatedness Built on Respect

11. Professional Boundaries Guided by Respect

12. Professional Closeness: Respect at its Best



Part 6. Respectful Interaction: Working with Patients Effectively


13. Respectful Interaction: Working with Newborns, Infants, and Toddlers

14. Respectful Interaction: Working with Children and Adolescents

15. Respectful Interaction: Working with Adults

16. Respectful Interaction: Working with Older Adults



Part 7. Some Special Challenges


17. Respectful Interaction when the Patient is Dying

18. Respectful Interaction in Other Difficult Situations

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 384 pages, publication date: MAY-2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-2244-2
ISBN-10: 1-4160-2244-9
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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