Search:

Results 1 to 10 of 60 |

Culturally competent compassion : a guide for healthcare students and practitioners / by Papadopoulos, Irena.; Shea, Sue,contributor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Bringing together the crucially important topics of cultural competence and compassion for the first time, this book explores how to practise 'culturally competent compassion' in healthcare settings - that is, understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it using culturally appropriate and acceptable caring interventions. This text first discusses the philosophical and religious roots of compassion before investigating notions of health, illness, culture and multicultural societies. Drawing this information together, it then introduces two invaluable frameworks for practice, one of cultural competence and one of culturally competent compassion, and applies them to care scenarios. Papadopoulos goes on to discuss: how nurses in different countries understand and provide compassion in practice; how students learn about compassion; how leaders can create and champion compassionate working environments; and how we can, and whether we should, measure compassion. Culturally Competent Compassion is essential reading for healthcare students and its combination of theoretical content and practice application provides a relevant and interesting learning experience. The innovative model for practice presented here will also be of interest to researchers exploring cultural competence and compassion in healthcare. -- From back cover.
Subjects: Cultural competence.; Medical care.; Physician and patient.; Culturally Competent Care.; Empathy.; Professional-Patient Relations.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Rebel health : a field guide to the patient-led revolution in medical care / by Fox, Susannah,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Seeker, Networker, Solver, Champion -- Seekers -- Tactics and Courage -- Networkers -- Visibility and Community -- Solvers: Treatment Innovation -- Solvers: Data Access -- Tools and Resources -- Champions -- Mission Alignment -- Get Started."Rebel Health is a field guide to how the underground, patient-led revolution can result in better health and help to heal health care"--
Subjects: Patient participation.; Medical personnel and patient.; Medical care; Patient Participation; Professional-Patient Relations; Patient Advocacy; Quality Assurance, Health Care;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Without compassion, there is no healthcare : leading with care in a technological age / by Hodges, Brian David,1964-editor.; Paech, Gail,1947-editor.; Bennett, Jocelyn,1958-editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Caring in a Digital Age: Exploring the Interface of Humans and Machines in the Provision of Compassionate Healthcare / David Wiljer, Gillian Strudwick, and Allison Crawford -- Patient Engagement and Compassionate Care / Paula Rowland and Jennifer Johannesen -- Care in the Real World: Partial Perspectives on Compassion,Technology, and Equity / Morag Paton, Thirusha Naidu, Lisa Richardson, Arno Kumagai, and Ayelet Kuper -- Healthcare Workers as Recipients of Compassion: Resilience, Burnout, and Relationship / Robert Maunder, Deanna Chaukos, and Andrea Lawson -- Compassion and Health Professional Education / Claire Mallette, Donald Rose, and Michelle Spadoni -- Compassionate Leadership / Maria Tassone, Jill Shaver, Mandy Lowe, Catherine Creede, and Kathryn Parker -- Toward Compassionate Healthcare Organizations / Maria Athina (Tina) Martimianakis, Rabia Khan, Erene Stergiopoulos, Marion Briggs, and Sandra Fisman."New technologies are transforming healthcare work and changing how patients interact with healthcare providers. As artificial intelligence systems, robotics, and data analytics become more sophisticated, some clinical tasks will become obsolete and others will be reconfigured. While it is not possible to predict these developments precisely, it is important to understand their inevitability and to prepare for the changes that lie ahead. Without Compassion, There Is No Healthcare argues that compassion must be upheld as the bedrock and guiding purpose of healthcare work. Emerging technologies have the potential to subvert this purpose but also to enable and expand it, creating new conduits for compassionate care. Cultivating these benefits and guarding against potential threats will require vigilance and determination from healthcare providers, educators, leaders, patients, and advocates. The contributors to this book show the way forward, bringing a diverse range of expertise to confront these challenges. Avoiding platitudes and simple dichotomies, they examine what compassion in healthcare means and how it can be practised, now and in the uncertain future. Without Compassion, There Is No Healthcare is a call to action. Drawing together a decade of evidence and insight generated by a community of leading scholars and practitioners committed to promoting compassionate care, it offers steady principles and practices to steer the way through times of technological change."--
Subjects: Medical technology.; Medical care.; Compassion.; Medical personnel and patient.; Biomedical Technology; Professional-Patient Relations; Empathy; Medical Laboratory Science;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Communication : core interpersonal skills for healthcare professionals / by O'Toole, Gjyn,author.https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjHqdRgJfvVyrg6GQmMdHy;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Section 1. The significance of effective interpersonal communication for the healthcare professional. Effective communication for healtcare professionals: a model to guide communication -- The overarching goal of communication for healtchcare professionals: person-centered care -- The specific goals of communication for healthcare professionals: introductions and providing information -- The specific goals of communication for healthcare professionals: questioning, comforting and confronting -- The specific goals of communication for healthcare professionals: effective conclusions of interactions and services: negotiating closure -- Section 2. Achieving effective communication by developing awareness within the healthcare professional. Awareness of and the need for relective practice in healthcare communication -- Awareness of self to enhance healthcare communication -- Awareness of how personal assumptions affect healthcare communication -- Awareness of the whole "person/s" for healthcare communication -- Awareness of the effects of non-verbal communication for the healthcare professional -- Awareness of listening to facilitate person/s-centered communication in healthcare -- Awareness of the effects of different environments up healthcare communication -- Section 3. Managing realities of communication as a healthcare professional. Holistic communication contributing to holistic healthcare -- Effective interprofessional communication within multidisciplinary teams -- Managing conflict when communicating as a healthcare professional -- Culturally responsive communication to accomodate cultural diversity in healthcare -- Healthcare professionals communicating with Indigenous peoples -- Misunderstandings and communication for the healthcare professional -- Ethical communication in healthcare -- Remote or long-distance healthcare communication: the typically unseen healthcare professional -- Telehealth or telecommunication: the seen but not-in-the-room healthcare professional -- Documentation: "one-way" professional healthcare communication -- Social media or "not present in person" communication and the healthcare professional -- Section 4. Scenarios to guide communication: opportunities for healthcare professionals to practice communicating effectively with "the person/s." Person/s experiencing strong negative emotions -- Person/s in particular stages of life -- Person/s fulfilling particular life roles -- Person/s experiencing particular conditions -- Person/s in particular contexts."Communication is a core skill for all healthcare professionals, regardless of their specific discipline. The fifth edition of Communication: Core Interpersonal Skills for Healthcare Professionals provides a comprehensive introduction that will be invaluable for students undertaking any training program in health. The book guides students toward an understanding of all the basic communication techniques and skills they will need in practice. They will learn to develop self-awareness about the impact their words and actions might have on others, use a person-centred model to reconstruct their communication style and approach, and then apply their new knowledge and skills to real-life scenarios. Easy to read and logically ordered over four sections, this book will guide students towards developing lifelong communication skills that will ultimately enable optimal person-centred care, successful therapeutic relationships and positive patient outcomes."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Communication in medicine.; Medical personnel and patient.; Interpersonal communication.; Cultural competence.; Communication; Professional-Patient Relations; Professional-Family Relations; Cultural Competency;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Lubkin's chronic illness : impact and intervention /
Includes bibliographical references and index.Chronicity -- The illness experience -- Psychosocial adjustment -- Loss -- Spirituality -- Social isolation -- Uncertainty -- Quality of life -- Adherence -- Family caregiving -- Sexuality -- Powerlessness -- Culture -- Self management -- Client and family education -- Health promotion -- The advanced practice nurse in chronic illness -- Complementary and alternative therapies -- Models of care -- Home health care -- Long-term care -- Palliative care -- Health policy -- Rehabilitation.
Subjects: Chronic diseases; Chronic diseases; Chronically ill; Nurse and patient.; Chronic Disease; Professional-Family Relations.; Professional-Patient Relations.; Therapeutics.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Food for thought : perspectives on eating disorders / by Savelle-Rocklin, Nina.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-182) and index.Prevalence and common misconceptions -- Overview -- Object hunger -- Symbolic representation -- Body language -- The wish-fear dilemma -- An unlaid ghost -- On the couch -- Dreams -- Common impasses and disruptions -- A consideration of hate and love."Food for Thought offers fresh psychoanalytic insights into treating clients with eating disorders. In lively and jargon-free language, Nina Savelle-Rocklin breaks down the psychoanalytic approach to give practitioners and general readers alike a deeper understanding of the theory and effective treatment of eating disorders. Those living with eating disorders often use food to express their inner feelings, and Savelle-Rocklin illustrates the importance of the therapeutic relationship in uncovering the nature of these internal emotions, and formulating them into words. Through an intensive and mutual process, clients can begin to understand the language of the eating disorder, identify and work through its underlying conflicts, ultimately eliminating symptoms, relieving distress, and transforming the way they relate to themselves and others. Thoughtful and highly engaging, Food for Thought provides invaluable methods for practitioners treating patients with eating disorders to achieve lasting change and true healing" -- From the publisher.
Subjects: Eating disorders; Psychologist and patient.; Feeding and Eating Disorders; Feeding and Eating Disorders; Professional-Patient Relations.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Working with deaf people : a handbook for healthcare professionals / by Middleton, Anna.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-186) and index."Long gone are the days when a deaf person is expected to struggle through a healthcare consultation with a health professional who has inadequate deaf awareness. Legislation now dictates that the onus is on the health professional to utilise the right communication skills. Deafness is very common, meaning that health professionals, whatever their specialist area, can expect to encounter a client with deafness or hearing loss on a daily basis. Working with Deaf People is intended for use as a general reference manual, offering practical advice on how to prepare for the consultation with clients who are deaf or deafblind. Information is offered about language, communication and culture; case studies demonstrate how the messages can be applied in practice. Every health professional, medical and nursing student, whatever their discipline and whatever country they work in, should have a copy of this book"--Provided by publisher.Facts and figures about deafness, NF2 and deafblindness / Anna Middleton, Wanda Neary and Kerstin Möller -- General themes to consider when working with deaf and hard of hearing clients / Anna Middleton -- Specialist issues relevant to working with d/Deaf clients / Anna Middleton -- Specialist issues relevant to working with clients with neurofibromatosis Type 2 / Wanda Neary -- Specialist issues relevant to working with clients with deafblindness / Kerstin Möller.
Subjects: Medical personnel and patient; Deaf; Communication.; Professional-Patient Relations.; Hearing Impaired Persons.;
© 2010., Cambridge University Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

World religions for healthcare professionals / by Sorajjakool, Siroj.; Carr, Mark F.; Nam, Julius J.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.American Indian religions / Carla Gober and Roy Kim -- Hinduism / Manoj Shan and Siroj Sorajjakool -- Buddhism / Siroj Sorajjakool and Supaporn Naewbood -- Chinese religions / Kwang-hee Park -- Sikhism / Arvind Mandair -- Islam / Hamid Mavani -- Judaism / Douglas Kohn -- Christianity / David R. Larson -- Recent religious movements in America / Julius J. Nam.
Subjects: Medicine; Religion and Medicine; Cultural Competency; Patient Care; Professional-Patient Relations; Spirituality;
© 2010., Routledge,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Religion that heals, religion that harms : a guide for clinical practice / by Griffith, James L.,1950-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-266) and index.What sociobiology explains about destructive uses of religion -- What neurobiology explains about destructive uses of religion -- Setting the stage: opening dialogue about religious life -- Locating personal spirituality through existential inquiry -- Seeking a parent in God: clinical problems from insecure attachments -- Seeking security within the flock: clinical problems from social hierarchy, peer affiliation, and reciprocal altruism -- Asserting primacy of personal spirituality over sociobiological religion -- The religious who protect only their own: clinical problems from peer affiliation, kin recognition, and social exchange -- Religion that is a voice for mental illness -- Dark nights and exaltation: religion distorted by a mood disorder -- Worlds confused: religion disorganized by psychosis -- Fear and dread: religion shrunken by an anxiety disorder -- Finding a place to stand: conversing with religiously determined patients.
Subjects: Mental illness; Mentally ill; Psychology, Religious.; Psychotherapy; Religion and Psychology.; Mental Disorders; Mental Disorders; Professional-Patient Relations.; Sociobiology.;
© c2010., Guilford Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

You, the smart patient : an insider's handbook for getting the best treatment / by Roizen, Michael F.; Oz, Mehmet,1960-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: Why you need to be a smart patient. The smart patient quiz -- Getting to know you. Let's discover the juicy secrets about the person who controls your health: you -- Finding Dr. Right. How to find that gem of a doctor who'll make your life easier--and longer -- Let's play operation! You're having surgery? Use these insider tips you'll need to sail safely through the OR -- Prescription drugs. Take two and pray you're still here in the morning -- How to case a hospital. Use an expert's eye to find the best hospital for your specific goals--and learn why one size does not fit all -- Have a happily humdrum hospital stay. Only $2,900 a night and free sponge baths--what a deal! Just make sure you check out... -- Why you should always get a second opinion. Whose life is it anyway? -- Just what gives you the right? You have rights, you know. Here's how to use them -- Considering the alternatives. On pins and needles about acupuncture and herbs? Here's what you need to know about alternative medicine -- Take control of your health insurance. It's your most important--and expensive--health resource. Are you wasting it? -- Appendix 1 glossary: medical jargon explained -- Appendix 2 sample forms: your health journal, living will, power of attorney for health care, do not resuscitate (DNR) order -- Appendix 3 resources.A guide to taking charge of one's own health care offers detailed information and advice on hospitals, communicating with doctors, therapeutic options, pain management, and other health care challenges.
Subjects: Medical personnel and patient; Physician and patient; Patient education; Medical care; Physician-Patient Relations; Professional-Patient Relations; Communication; Patient Participation; Patient Satisfaction; Health;
© 2006., Free Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Results 1 to 10 of 60 |