Communication skills for medicine
By: Margaret Lloyd, Robert Bor ; contributions by Geraldine Blache, Zack Eleftheriadou.
Contributors: Bor, Robert.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Edinburgh; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780702030581
Subjects: Communication in medicine; Physician and patient; Communication; Physician-Patient Relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Basic communication skills; title: The medical interview; title: Giving information; title: Breaking bad news; title: Taking a sexual history; title: Communicating with patients from different cultural backgrounds; title: Guidelines on communicating with children and young people; title: Communication with a patient's family; title: Mistakes, complaints, and litigation; title: Challenging consultations : special problems in doctor-patient communication; title: Communicating with patients and colleagues : learning more about how personal issues affect professional relationships.