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