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Skills for Communicating with Patients
Skills for Communicating with Patients, Third Edition is one of two companion books on improving communication in medicine, which together provide a comprehensive approach to teaching and learning communication skills throughout all levels of medical education in both specialist and family medicine. Since their publication, the first edition of this book and its companion, Teaching and Learning Communication Skills in Medicine , have become established standard texts in communication skills teaching throughout the world. This substantially expanded third edition has been fully updated in relation to the current literature and revised to reflect the explosion of research on healthcare communication. It incorporates considerable evidence in support of the skills of the Calgary-Cambridge Guides, offering a comprehensive and now even more evidence-based delineation of the skills that make a difference when communicating with patients. The book explores the specific skills of doctor-patient communication and provides wide-ranging evidence of the improvement that those skills can make to health outcomes and everyday clinical practice.
328 pages, Paperback
First published September 20, 2004
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December 7, 2016
The consultation advice is gold. This book has undoubtedly made me a more efficient doctor.
The problem is, the text is dry and dull. You have to wade through so much theory to get to the bits that will improve you as a consulter!
I understand the agenda to promote consultation skills as an evidence-based science; however, the average doctor reading this book just wants to know the useful bits! It's too inaccessible.
A shortened version that cuts out all the evidence and studies would cater better to the target audience, I feel.
I owe this book a debt as it has helped me very much throughout my GP training. I was surprised by the positive results yielded from putting the skills taught into practice.
The problem is, the text is dry and dull. You have to wade through so much theory to get to the bits that will improve you as a consulter!
I understand the agenda to promote consultation skills as an evidence-based science; however, the average doctor reading this book just wants to know the useful bits! It's too inaccessible.
A shortened version that cuts out all the evidence and studies would cater better to the target audience, I feel.
I owe this book a debt as it has helped me very much throughout my GP training. I was surprised by the positive results yielded from putting the skills taught into practice.
October 10, 2015
It's too wordy, but I'll be reading it over the next four semesters!!! :)
January 5, 2021
Very good guidance on different types of consultations: usual, bad news, psych etc.
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