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Healing Bondby Ursula Sharma; Susan Budd
Routledge 1994; US$ 51.95This book combines the expertise of practitioners and researchers to address the wide range of debates currently taking place in relation to the politics of the practitioner-client relationship. more...
Health Communication in Practiceby Eileen Berlin Ray
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2005; US$ 63.95In this examination of the complexity of health-related communication, detailed case studies demonstrate in-depth applications of communication theory in relation to the real situations. With its breadth of coverage and practical approach, it is appropriate for courses addressing the application of communication theory in a health-related context. more...
Narrative Research in Health and Illnessby Brian Hurwitz; Trisha Greenhalgh; Vieda Skultans
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 124.95This comprehensive book celebrates the coming of age of narrative in health care. It uses narrative to go beyond the patient's story and address social, cultural, ethical, psychological, organizational and linguistic issues. This book has been written to help health professionals and social scientists to use narrative more effectively in their everyday work and writing. The book is split into three, comprehensive sections; Narratives, Counter-narratives and Meta-narratives. more...
Spiritual Caregivingby Verna Benner Carson; Harold G. Koenig
Templeton Foundation Press 2008; US$ 9.99With today's cumbersome insurance procedures, government regulations, endless paperwork, and concerns about malpractice rates, many health care professionals are asking: "Why am I doing this? Am I making a difference to my patients? Is there a better way—and if so, what is it?" In this book, Carson and Koenig examine the state of the health care system with the goal of providing healthcare professionals and caregivers the inspiration and practical tools to reclaim their sense of purpose. The book begins with an evaluation of the current system from the perspective of the spiritual vision that initially motivated and nourished many caregivers. The authors then pose a vision of a health care system that supports and nurtures... more...
Spirituality In Patient Careby Harold Koenig
Templeton Foundation Press 2008; US$ 6.99This book is intended as a guide for practicing physicians, medical students, and residents to help identify and address the spiritual needs of patients. Those who will benefit most will be physicians who wish to know how to integrate spirituality into clinical practice in an effective and sensitive manner. Other professionals, such as nurses and chaplains, may use this book as they interact with doctors, other health professionals, and hospital administrators. more...
Doctoringby Eric J. Cassell
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 60.00In this title, Eric Cassell discusses the new generalism and the skills that physicians-in-training must be taught to practice the art of doctoring, which centres on the person, not a disease or organ system, as well as the relationship between the physician and the individual. more...
When Professionals Weepby Renee S. Katz
CRC Press 2006; US$ 29.95End-of-life care (EOL) is a specialized area of work that crosses a number of academic and professional disciplines, including social work, counselling, hospice, physical medicine, geriatrics, nursing, psychology, and clerical work. Professionals who work in EOL have often had deeply moving personal experiences with trauma, death, and loss in their own lives, and almost inevitably bring their own histories, memories, notions, and assumptions to their work. These countertransference responses can be both complex and subtle. This book contains an eclectic group of leaders in the field of death, dying, and bereavement, addressing the issues surrounding the intersection of the personal and the professional in the unique context of end-of-life care. more...
Physical Diagnosisby Jo-Ann Reteguiz
McGraw-Hill 2006; US$ 29.95500 USMLE-style questions and answers referenced to core textbooks and journal articles.; Complete explanations discuss right and wrong answer options.; All questions are reviewed by students who have recently passed the exams more...
IVF in the Medically Complicated Patientby Nicholas Macklon
Informa Healthcare 2005; US$ 99.95Covering management options for patients with a range of pre-existing diseases and conditions that can impact upon IVF treatment, this book provides information to clinicians working in IVF and Infertility Units. With contributions from leaders in the field, it also includes a chapter on counselling patients who consistently fail to conceive. more...
The Most Unhealthy Relationship of Allby Mark A. Hertzberg
Electronic & Database Publishing, Inc. 1900; US$ 15.95A simple guide to improving doctor patient dialogue by understanding each other's point of view. This book reads like a proverbial Close Encounters of the Medical Kind. The entire health care system should be overhauled to encourage communication. In the real world, any doctor or patient can learn to communicate with almost anybody right now. Courses in medical jargon and communication workshops are not mandatory. If you are reading this you have the required skills. All anybody really needs is a better idea of whats actually going on in the doctor patient dynamic. It seems every patient believes doctors are terrible communicators. Most doctors probably are, but so are most patients. Almost every doctor sees the great... more...