Communication is an essential skill for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals when delivering care to patients and their families. With its unique and practical approach, this new textbook will support students throughout the three years of their degree programme and on into practice, focussing on how to develop person-centredness and compassionate and collaborative care.

Key features include:

* students? experiences and stories from service users and patients to help readers relate theory to practice

* reflective exercises to help students think critically about their communication skills

* learning objectives and chapter summaries for revision

* interactive activities directly linked to the Values Exchange Community website

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Yes, you can access Communication in Nursing and Healthcare by Iris Gault,Jean Shapcott,Armin Luthi,Graeme Reid,Author in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Nursing. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

Year

2016

Print ISBN

9781412962315, 9781473926691

eBook ISBN

9781473988101

Edition

Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Nursing

Cover
Half Title
Publisher Note
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Sidebar List
About the Authors
Introduction
Part 1 Fundamentals of communication for compassionate practice
1 Essential Values for Communication, Compassion and Collaborative Care
2 Essential Communication Skills: Building Blocks for Good Communication
3 The Role of Attachment Theory and Cognition in Influencing Behaviour
4 Enabling Positive Health Behaviour
Part 2 Communication skills in practice
5 Communicating to Help Health Service Users Understand and Deal with their Condition
6 Communication for Mental Health: Understanding the Effects of Stigma
7 Communicating with People with Cognitive Deficits
8 Communicating with Children, Young People and Families
9 Communicating with Middle-aged and Older People
10 Integrating Mindful Communication Skills for Complex Encounters
Part 3 Equipping for the Future: Theoretical and Ethical Issues
11 Communicating Authentically in Organisations
12 Maintaining Positive Values in Communication and Caring for Self and Others
13 Communication Theory, Reflective and Ethical Practice in the ‘Swampy Lowlands’
Index

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