The Doctor's Communication Handbook
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
118 pages
978-1-85775-011-9 (ISBN)
Description
For medical students, junior hospital staff, GPs and consultants alike, this handbook sets out to improve their skills in communicating effectively with patients. Areas covered include: how doctors talk to patients and why; breaking bad news; and useful strategies and skills.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 305 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85775-011-9 (9781857750119)
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Peter Sleight
The Doctor's Communication Handbook, Second Edition
Book
06/1997
2nd Edition
Radcliffe Publishing Ltd
€106.65
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Content
What it feels like to be a patient; how doctors talk to patients and why; different types of patient; the patient's learning cycle; what you need to achieve in consultation; ways of looking at consultations; ways of describing consultations; a few useful strategies and skills; informed consent and other ethical issues; breaking bad news, angry patients and somatizers.