Understanding human behavior
Subtitle: a guide for health care providers
By: Alyson Honeycut [sic], and Mary Elizabeth Milliken
Contributors: Milliken, Mary Elizabeth
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: Delmar Learning; Delmar; Cengage Learning
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Clifton Park, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 463
ISBN-13: 9781435486607
Subjects: Behavior; Allied Health Personnel; Allied health personnel; Professional-Patient Relations; Allied health personnel and patient; Psychology
Notes: Milliken's name appears first on previous edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On Becoming a Health Care Provider; title: Challenges and Responsibilities of Health Care Providers; title: The Philosophy of Individual Worth; title: Striving for Self-Understanding; title: Striving to Understand Human Behavior; title: Influences on Behavior; title: Physical Needs; title: The Need for Self-Approval; title: The Need for Acceptance; title: Emotions and Behavior; title: Adjustment and Patterns of Behavior; title: Behavior and Problems in Living; title: Common Threats to Adjustment; title: Effects of Traumatic Events; title: Defense Mechanisms; title: Inner Conflict; title: Frustration; title: Becoming an Effective Health Care Provider; title: Effects of Illness on Behavior; title: Coping with Patient Behavior; title: Human Relations and the Health Care Provider; title: Practicing Effective Communication; title: Observing Nonverbal Behavior; title: Verbal Communication; title: Coping with Loss; title: Gains and Losses throughout the Life Span; title: Death: Changing Attitudes and Practices; title: Grief and Bereavement; title: Caring for the Dying Person; title: Trends in Health Care; title: Healt Care Through the Ages; title: What Is Healing? Who Is the Healer?; title: Broadening Your View of Health Care; title: Managing Stress with Relaxation/Meditation.