description: This book is about the doctor-patient relationship. It is not about counselling per se but about certain counselling skills intrinsic to the medical consultation or clinical transaction. Together with other clinical skills, intrinsic counselling skills are needed to achieve clinical goals satisfactory to both patient and doctor and appropriate to the clinical transaction and to the wider systems of healthcare.This book is recommended reading for doctors and medical students, post-registration vocational trainees and medical educators within medical schools.
language: English
title: Counselling Skills for Doctors
titlecomplete: Counselling Skills for Doctors
publisher: Open Univ Pr