Healthcare Communication - Softcover

Bruce Hugman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0853697493 ISBN 13: 9780853697497

Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press, 2009

Synopsis

This is a training manual on communication for healthcare professionals. This text is a practical training manual on communication and how to establish sound, professional, practical, rewarding relationships which will support effective therapy and enhance patient health and morale. General chapters are included on effective communication and developing communication skills and then more focused chapters contain the specifics of dealing with, for example, complaints, critical care, death and dying, grieving relatives and then also written communication, personal communication such as presentations, application and interview techniques. The book aims to be interactive and engaging, as all communication should be with the use of exercises, space for reader comments and questions and a range of observational projects and training exercises. The content throughout is related to healthcare situations, with examples and case studies and references are made to nursing, pharmacy and medicine throughout the core material.

About this title

Review

'This book provides advice on specialised topics such as risk communication, sex, death and dying, media relations, and many other areas where expert guidance should always be welcome. The book meets these authors expectations with flying colours. Healthcare providers who aspire to leadership positions in their professional society should own this book and even look at it from time to time. It is a one-stop source for information and advice.'
Albert I Wertheimer, BS, MBA, PhD, Doody's Notes, 31st July 2009 (Albert I Wertheimer Doody's Notes)

'This book is an interactive and engaging guide to establish professional, practical, and rewarding relationships that will support therapy and enhance patient health, safety, and morale. This book is recommended for students, technicians, and pharmacists to enhance their communication skills.'
The International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding, Volume 6, Issue 35, 28th August 2009 (International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding)

'Bruce Hugman's speciality is communication and this is a most useful and comprehensive book on the topic. Sections are all well referenced and supported by fact boxes, tables and diagrams. This book has to be one of the best references to help an assignment gain extra depth and an improved grade'.
Greta McGough, Nursing Standard, Vol 23, no 50, August 2009 (Greta McGough Nursing Standard)

'Hugman raises many interesting issues such as: do we like the patient?; social aspects of communication; and the need to be aware of our responses (including sexual) to people. For those who want even more, he provides an extensive appendix with useful books and websites, and a section on a detailed framework for consultation developed by Silverman et al. called the Calgary-Cambridge Communication Process. This is more than a text book and something that the interested pharmacist would enjoy reading. Its never boring or preachy.'
Melanie Rantucci, MScPhm, Ph.D. Pharmacy Practice, September 2009 (Melanie Rantucci Pharmacy Practice)

From the Back Cover

An important part of a healthcare professional’s job is to communicate successfully with their patients. Healthcare Communication is an interactive and engaging guide to establishing professional, practical and rewarding relationships which will support therapy and enhance patient health, safety and morale. It offers a challenging vision for excellent healthcare delivery. This text provides: · in-depth analysis and discussion allowing readers to gain a deeper knowledge and understanding of a range of relationships and communications · examples and suggestions of how and what to do in healthcare relationships to handle patient and other relationships effectively · tips for managing difficult people, establishing effective teams and running productive meetings · discussion topics, exercises and a range of observational projects · entertaining illustrations and quotations. Healthcare Communication will be of interest to everyone working in healthcare, especially doctors, nurses and pharmacists in training and in practice and will have relevance to all roles, medical and non-medical. Bruce Hugman is an International Training and Communications Consultant and Communications Consultant to the WHO Foundation Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring (the Uppsala Monitoring Centre, Sweden). He lives in Thailand.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0853697493
• ISBN 13: 9780853697497
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320