This textbook provides the kind of comprehensive and in-depth preparation your students need to communicate optimally with patients, families, and fellow providers. Combining principles and practical applications, this text shows students how to apply communication techniques to patient care. It contains specific examples from many health care disciplines and is appropriate for all students in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, and other allied health professions. Complete with chapter objectives, real-life examples and sample dialogue, and a glossary defining over 100 words and terms essential to the field of communication.
Focuses on communication, learning theories, and proactical application of therapeutic communication in a variety of patient situations.
Author Bernard Moss begins the book with a comprehensive introduction outlining the place that communication skills have in health and social care practice and education.
How to Communicate Effectively in Health and Social Care is a handbook aimed at professionals to help improve their communication skills.