
Privileged Presence
Personal Stories of Connections in Health Care
Bull Publishing Company
Will be published approx. on 1. December 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
364 pages
978-1-936693-69-6 (ISBN)
Description
Now fully updated, this is a collection of over 50 stories that reflect peoples health care experiences from the points of view of compassion, communication, collaboration, respect and dignity or their absence. This timely book uses real-world experiences recounted by patients and their families, nurses, doctors, and other healthcare professionals to illustrate what works and what does not, what increases or diminishes peoples sense of confidence and well-being.
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Edition
Second edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Palo Alto
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
510 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-936693-69-6 (9781936693696)
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E-Book
10/2014
Bull Publishing Company
€19.49
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Persons
Liz Crocker has worked in teaching, broadcasting, and journalism. She has owned and run a children's bookstore since 1978 and now has an environmental business with five stores across Canada. She is the vice president of the Institute for Patient and Family-Centered Care. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Bev Johnson is the president and CEO of the Institute for Patient and Family-Centered Care. She is a nurse who has provided on-site technical assistance and training to more than 100 hospitals in North America and worked with the Association of American Medical Colleges on family-centered practice. She is the coauthor of several books and the producer of award-winning films in the field. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland.