Therapeutic Communication for Health Care Professionals
By Carol D. Tamparo, Wilburta (Billie) Q. Lindh, Michelle Blesi
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Nuanced and practical, Tamparo/Lindh/Blesi's THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, 5th Edition, is the ideal reference for helping students learn to think critically and react to patients with therapeutically appropriate responses. Chapters discuss good and bad responses caregivers can have to stressful situations and techniques for improvement to help students communicate effectively, ease patient anxiety, increase compliance and enhance health care interactions for all. Case studies engage students in the content from each chapter's first page, reinforcing communication strategies with more practice cases, boxed features, role-play exercises and end-of-chapter questions. Whether facing end-of-life situations, substance use and abuse, mental illness or other stressful scenarios, students will develop an arsenal of soft skills to help patients cope.
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Nuanced and practical, Tamparo/Lindh/Blesi's THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, 5th Edition, is the ideal reference for helping students learn to think critically and react to patients with therapeutically appropriate responses. Chapters discuss good and bad responses caregivers can have to stressful situations and techniques for improvement to help students communicate effectively, ease patient anxiety, increase compliance and enhance health care interactions for all. Case studies engage students in the content from each chapter's first page, reinforcing communication strategies with more practice cases, boxed features, role-play exercises and end-of-chapter questions. Whether facing end-of-life situations, substance use and abuse, mental illness or other stressful scenarios, students will develop an arsenal of soft skills to help patients cope.
Hands-On Practice: Case studies, examples and highlighted techniques for effective communication prepare readers to work in a variety of settings with a diverse set of clients.
Early Engagement: A case study at the start of every chapter asks readers to consider some of the challenges health care professionals face and offers insights and solutions to help manage them.
Bold Direction: Bolded key terms throughout the text help readers remember the concepts that matter, while a thorough glossary defines them and serves as a go-to study reference.
Critical Pause: “Stop and Consider” questions and end-of-chapter activities offer readers opportunities to think about situations and problems and apply effective therapeutic communication strategies.
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