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| Therapeutic Communication |
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Sally Candlin, Macquarie University
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 261 pp
| ISBN-10: | 0733985629 | | | ISBN-13: | 9780733985621 | |
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Estimated Availability: 28 Dec 2007
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Features
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- Demonstrates to students the differences between therapeutic communication and everyday social interactions whilst highlighting to students the complexity of the communication process within the health care setting.
- Scenarios are used throughout the text to demonstrate real-life clinical situations. Each scenario draws on different cultural backgrounds, age groups, socio-economic status, health status, place of interaction as well as existing knowledge and education.
- Throughout the text, role playing activities are used to help students practise their communication skills whilst developing appropriate communication strategies for the variety of clinical situations that they may experience in daily health care practice.
- Throughout the text, concern is taken to address ethical issues such as confidentiality, beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy and self-determination.
- Each chapter ends with discussion questions and references, providing students with additional opportunities to develop their understanding further.
- The appendix includes a list of questions that can be used in clinical practice by students to facilitate maximum information exchange.
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