Lloyd, Margaret, MD.

Communication skills for medicine / Margaret Lloyd, Robert Bor ; contributions by Geraldine Blache, Zack Eleftheriadou - 3rd ed. - Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, c2009. - viii, 212 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic communication skills -- The medical interview -- Giving information -- Breaking bad news -- Taking a sexual history -- Communicating with patients from different cultural backgrounds -- Guidelines on communicating with children and young people -- Communication with a patient's family -- Mistakes, complaints, and litigation -- Challenging consultations : special problems in doctor-patient communication -- Communicating with patients and colleagues : learning more about how personal issues affect professional relationships.

9780702030581 (pbk.)


Communication in medicine.
Physician and patient.
Communication.
Physician-Patient Relations

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