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Health Professional and Patient Interaction

  • 10th Edition - February 15, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Amy M. Haddad, Regina F. Doherty, Ruth B. Purtilo
  • Language: English

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Learn how to navigate the complicated and challenging world of health care with Health Professional and Patient Interaction, 10th Edition. Covering strategies for effective communication and collaboration, this time-tested guide offers the tools needed to establish positive patient and interprofessional relationships that are built on respect. It not only covers respectful actions, communication standards, and good decision-making, but also demonstrates how those decisions directly shape successful patient outcomes. Practical examples and authentic scenarios highlight how to apply respect and professionalism to coworkers and patients of various ages and backgrounds across a wide spectrum of healthcare environments. It’s the strong foundation you need to communicate effectively for positive, collaborative, and compassionate patient-centered care.

Key features

  • UNIQUE! Integration of respect throughout the text underscores its necessity across the many different types of interactions between the health professional and patient and establishes the foundation for positive relationships with patients and interprofessional care teams
  • UNIQUE! Focus on interprofessional and intraprofessional collaboration addresses issues that apply to many different healthcare disciplines to help you identify with your specific field, as well as recognize themes that apply across a variety of healthcare delivery settings
  • UNIQUE! Information on developmental and lifespan changes offers insight on the challenges experienced by patients, families, and caregivers and strategies for effective age-appropriate interactions
  • UPDATED! Comprehensive, evidence-based content provides the most current information and strategies for being an effective and compassionate health professional
  • Authentic patient cases and scenarios drawn from contemporary practice demonstrate strategies and tools for effective communication and collaboration with patients and colleagues in a wide range of healthcare settings
  • Reflections Questions throughout the text challenge you to apply critical thinking skills and personal experience to different scenarios
  • Questions for Thought and Discussion at the end of the book help you apply your knowledge to a variety of situations
  • Extensive, updated references ensure content is current and applicable to today’s clinical practice

Readership

Physical Therapy (DPT) students. Physical Therapy Assistant (PTA) students. Occupational Therapy students

Table of contents

SECTION 1 Creating a Context of Respect

1. Respect in the Professional Role

2. Professional Relationships Built on Respect

3. Respect for Self in the Professional Role

SECTION 2 Respectful Interactions in the Delivery of Care

4. Respect in a Diverse Society

5. Respect in Care Delivery Systems

SECTION 3 Respect for the Patient’s Situation

6. Respecting the Patient’s Story

7. Respect for the Patient’s Family and Significant Relationships

SECTION 4 Respect Through Collaboration and Communication

8. Respectful Interprofessional and Intraprofessional Communication and Collaboration

9. Respectful Communication in a Technology-Driven Age

SECTION 5 Respectful Interactions Across the Life Span

10. Respectful Interaction: Working With Newborns, Infants, and Children in the Early Years

11. Respectful Interaction: Working With School-Age Children and Adolescents

12. Respectful Interaction: Working With Adults

13. Respectful Interaction: Working With Older Adults

SECTION 6 Some Special Challenges: Creating a Context of Respect

14. Respectful Interaction: When the Patient Is Dying

15. Respectful Interaction in Complex Situations

APPENDIX
Questions for Thought and Discussion

Product details

  • Edition: 10
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 15, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

AH

Amy M. Haddad

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

RD

Regina F. Doherty

Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA

RP

Ruth B. Purtilo

Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, Massachusetts, USA