Communicating with your patients
Subtitle: skills for building rapport
By: Christine A. Hinz.
Publisher: American Medical Association
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: Physician and patient.; Interpersonal communication.; Physician-Patient Relations; Communication
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. An overview of patient-physician communications; title: Ch. 2. Breaking bad news: ease the pain through empathic communication; title: Ch. 3. Cultural competency: turn barriers into bridges; title: Ch. 4. The role of the family: no patient is an island; title: Ch. 5. The geriatric patient: avoid stereotypes and increase understanding; title: Ch. 6. The difficult patient: overcome obstacles to care; title: Ch. 7. The substance-abusing patient: recognize the signals; title: Ch. 8. Common mental illnesses: connect mind and body.