Patient Practitioner Interaction: An Experiential Manual for Developing the Art of Healthcare - Softcover

Davis, Carol M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556427204 ISBN 13: 9781556427206

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

One of the most recognized and respected texts in rehabilitation for nearly two decades, "Patient Practitioner Interaction: An Experiential Manual for Developing the Art of Health Care" has been updated into a substantial fourth edition that includes the latest information on the relationship between the patient and the practitioner. Dr. Carol Davis, along with contributions from three of today's leaders, has written this fourth edition to assist health care professionals in learning about themselves. "Patient Practitioner Interaction" is filled with information designed to help improve personal interaction and communication skills, specifically when dealing with difficult circumstances. Students and professionals are instructed on the finer points of how to learn about the patients with whom they will come in contact as well as the challenges of interacting with therapeutic presence in the ever-changing world of health care under demanding circumstances. "Patient Practitioner Interaction, Fourth Edition" offers students and professionals a chance to explore self-awareness and how their communication patterns and values were originally developed. This practical and user-friendly resource encourages the use of reflection and problem solving skills to achieve professional maturation and explains how the nature of their own decisions and values affects their attitudes and actions toward others.

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Review

"Patient Practitioner Interaction: An Experiential Manual for Developing the Art of Health Care, 4th Edition, is an excellent text full of exercises to help physical therapy students and clinicians improve communication. The unique aspect of this manual is the many exercises at the end of each chapter. This manual will encourage discussion about real-life therapy and better prepare students for work. I will use it with my students when they are on clinical to help them understand who they are and how to communicate more effectively with patients." -- Mary Casey, MS, PT, UVA Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA, ADVANCE for Physical Therapists & PT Assistants

About the Author

Carol M. Davis, PT, EdD, MS, FAPTA received her undergraduate degree in biology from Lycoming College, an MS in physical therapy from Case Western Reserve University, and a Doctorate in Humanistic Studies (psychology and philosophy) in the School of Education at Boston University. As a faculty member at the University of Miami School of Medicine, Dr. Davis has served as Clinical Assistant Professor with Family and Internal Medicine from 1983 to 1985, where she coordinated the Fellowship in Clinical Geriatrics, and from 1987 to present, serves as Professor and Assistant Chair of Physical Therapy. Additionally, she has held the positions of clinical staff and clinical instructor at Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor and Co-Chair ad Interim of Physical Therapy at Sargent College of Boston University. She is an internationally recognized speaker and consultant in teaching and developing curriculum in attitudes and values, ethics, geriatrics, and complementary therapies in rehabilitation. Dr. Davis authored this book, Patient Practitioner Interaction: An Experiential Manual for Developing the Art of Health Care, now in its fourth edition. She is the editor of Complementary Therapies in Rehabilitation: Holistic Approaches for Prevention and Wellness, now in its second edition, and with Dr. Christine Williams, she coauthored the text, Therapeutic Interaction in Nursing. Today, Dr. Davis is an active researcher, teacher, and practicing physical therapist in Miami, Florida. She conducts research in complementary therapies, clinical geriatrics, and ethics; teaches entry-level doctoral studies and PhD students in physical therapy; and treats patients. She has studied Myofascial Release since 1989 and uses it regularly as a complement to her physical therapy treatments. In 2003, she was awarded the Catherine Worthingham Fellow award for a lifetime of outstanding service to the profession by the American Physical Therapy Association.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1556427204
• ISBN 13: 9781556427206
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 304