A Guide to Managing Atypical Communication in Healthcare
Meaningful Conversations in Challenging Consultations
- 292 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
A Guide to Managing Atypical Communication in Healthcare
Meaningful Conversations in Challenging Consultations
About this book
This book presents a supportive and practical guide for healthcare professionals ?and trainees in a way that considers a wide spectrum of atypical communication conditions, their impact on everyday healthcare interactions, and the social and cultural contexts in which interactions with atypical communicators take place.
A growing number of patients have been reporting atypical capacity for communication, creating unique challenges for healthcare professionals and patients in forming meaningful clinical interactions. In this book, leading international scholars from a range of healthcare professions provide insight into optimal management for those with atypical communication conditions. This includes speech, language, and hearing impairments. Chapters provide optimal management strategies, case examples, clinical recommendations, and recommended resources relevant for a range of healthcare professionals. The first collection of its kind, this book supports inter-professional practices and serves as a useful guide for those with an interest in clinical communication, and communication and diversity.
This book will be a valuable resource for health and mental healthcare professionals as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students in healthcare and allied healthcare courses. It can be included as recommended reading material in clinical communication curricula.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsement Page
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgements
- Editor biographies
- List of contributors
- List of abbreviations
- Preface: about the book
- Introduction: atypical communication in healthcare
- Part I Theoretical and social debates in the field of atypical communication
- Part II Practical guidance for working with children and families
- Part III Atypical communication in progressive neurological disorders
- Part IV Practical guidance on specific conditions resulting in atypical communication
- Index