Download or read book Communicate Care Cure written by Alexander Thomas and published by Wolters kluwer india Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2019-09-07 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to increase awareness about the importance of communication in health care. Written by healthcare professionals and Communication experts, it is replete with real-life scenarios that readers can identify with, and will serve as a guide to effective and efficient communication that affects the most important stakeholders in health care – The patient.
Download or read book Communicate Care Cure written by Bangalore Baptist Hospital (Bangalore, India) and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Recent studies have shown that healthcare organisations lose substantial amounts of money annually as a result of ineffective and inefficient communication. ... This book argues that addressing communication issues among the various stakeholders in a hospital--the patient, the patient's family, healthcare providers, healthcare administrators, and support staff--is the key to solving systemic problems. ... The book is replete with typical real-life scenarios that readers can easily identify with."--back cover.
Download or read book Dying in America written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For patients and their loved ones, no care decisions are more profound than those made near the end of life. Unfortunately, the experience of dying in the United States is often characterized by fragmented care, inadequate treatment of distressing symptoms, frequent transitions among care settings, and enormous care responsibilities for families. According to this report, the current health care system of rendering more intensive services than are necessary and desired by patients, and the lack of coordination among programs increases risks to patients and creates avoidable burdens on them and their families. Dying in America is a study of the current state of health care for persons of all ages who are nearing the end of life. Death is not a strictly medical event. Ideally, health care for those nearing the end of life harmonizes with social, psychological, and spiritual support. All people with advanced illnesses who may be approaching the end of life are entitled to access to high-quality, compassionate, evidence-based care, consistent with their wishes. Dying in America evaluates strategies to integrate care into a person- and family-centered, team-based framework, and makes recommendations to create a system that coordinates care and supports and respects the choices of patients and their families. The findings and recommendations of this report will address the needs of patients and their families and assist policy makers, clinicians and their educational and credentialing bodies, leaders of health care delivery and financing organizations, researchers, public and private funders, religious and community leaders, advocates of better care, journalists, and the public to provide the best care possible for people nearing the end of life.
Download or read book The Distance Cure written by Hannah Zeavin and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychotherapy across distance and time, from Freud’s treatments by mail to crisis hotlines, radio call-ins, chatbots, and Zoom sessions. Therapy has long understood itself as taking place in a room, with two (or more) people engaged in person-to-person conversation. And yet, starting with Freud’s treatments by mail, psychotherapy has operated through multiple communication technologies and media. These have included advice columns, radio broadcasts, crisis hotlines, video, personal computers, and mobile phones; the therapists (broadly defined) can be professional or untrained, strangers or chatbots. In The Distance Cure, Hannah Zeavin proposes a reconfiguration of the traditional therapeutic dyad of therapist and patient as a triad: therapist, patient, and communication technology. Zeavin tracks the history of teletherapy (understood as a therapeutic interaction over distance) and its metamorphosis from a model of cure to one of contingent help. She describes its initial use in ongoing care, its role in crisis intervention and symptom management, and our pandemic-mandated reliance on regular Zoom sessions. Her account of the “distanced intimacy” of the therapeutic relationship offers a powerful rejoinder to the notion that contact across distance (or screens) is always less useful, or useless, to the person seeking therapeutic treatment or connection. At the same time, these modes of care can quickly become a backdoor for surveillance and disrupt ethical standards important to the therapeutic relationship. The history of the conventional therapeutic scenario cannot be told in isolation from its shadow form, teletherapy. Therapy, Zeavin tells us, was never just a “talking cure”; it has always been a communication cure.
Download or read book A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Communication for Health Professionals E Book written by Julie Hosley and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2006-01-20 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new textbook is designed to provide students with all the necessary tools to effectively communicate with patients and other health care professionals. With its easy-to-read style, it is loaded with useful tips to help students engage into the practice of communication. It presents condensed amounts of content for learning the basic principles and then integrating elements such as case scenarios, questions, or hints and tips to encourage application of those principles into real-life situations. - Easy-to-read style provides practical information, hints, and tips. - Test Your Communication IQ boxes provide students with a short self-assessment test at the beginning of each chapter. - Spotlight on Future Success boxes provide students with useful, practical tips for improving communication. - Taking the Chapter to Work boxes integrated within each chapter are actual case examples with useful tips to guide students to practice and apply what they have learned. - Beyond the Classroom Activities exercises at the end of each chapter help students use knowledge learned from topics presented in the chapter. - Check Your Comprehension exercises at the end of each chapter provide questions and activities to test student knowledge of chapter content. - Communication Surfer Exercises focus on helping students utilize Internet resources to improve their knowledge and application of communication skills. - Expanding Critical Thinking at the end of each chapter provides students with additional questions or activities designed to apply critical thinking skills. - Legal Eagle boxes provide useful tips that focus on honesty, as well as ethical and legal communication between patients and health care workers. - Unique, interactive CD-ROM, packaged with the textbook, includes a variety of application exercises, such as voice mail messages, patient/caregiver interviews, chapter key points, and patient charts. - Audio segments on the CD-ROM provide communication in action to help students observe verbal communication examples and apply their skills.
Download or read book The Relationship Communication Cure written by Joshua Larson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you grow up in a dysfunctional family or had problems to learn proper communication without aggression or guilt? Are conflicts in your relationship escalating way more often than you would like to and even seemingly small things lead to big discomfort for both of you? Do you simply want to find a better, more loving way to communicate with your partner genuinely? If you answered yes to at least one of the questions above, then this guide is specifically written to cater to your needs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2012 about 29% of first marriages among women aged 15-44 were disrupted (ended in separation, divorce or annulment) within 10 years. Other numbers, e.g. the National Survey of Family Growth representatives, estimated in 2012 that the lifelong probability of a marriage ending in divorce is 40%-50%. The major causes of divorce or why relationships between couples in general break up are arguing too much, failing to listen to the partner or blaming instead of showing love and affection. All of this factors have a root cause in a lack of effective, calm and loving communication But not only if you're looking to improve your relationship with your spouse, this guide can be of tremendous value for you. It will also lay a solid framework so that you can naturally navigate difficult conversations at work, or connect on a deeper level with friends and family. By delivering simple, practical, proven techniques for improving any relationship in your life, you can quickly resolve or even prevent argument and provide proper support to your loved ones. In "The Relationship Communication Cure" you'll discover: The 5 little-known real shortcuts to INSTANTLY improve your communication with your partner (Even if you only read this small section, you could see a dramatic change!) The 11 exact expectations people knowingly or unknowingly look for in a relationship, so you can better understand yourself and your partner What role these 3 specific nonverbal signals play in your overall relationship Why listening to your partner alone is not enough - even though everybody seems to tell you exactly that The biggest myths busted: the 5 proven ways to manage conflicts effectively or even prevent them in the first place Why tone inflections and the right words matter so much when you speak with your loved one The absolute worst 5 mistakes you might be doing currently that could sabotage your whole life with your partner (avoid these mistakes at all costs if you want to finally reach a healthy communication habit!) ...and much, much more! Even if you feel that you currently completely lack the interpersonal skills to understand your significant other or be understood yourself, the extensive research that went into this guide and the practical applications and exercises will develop and cultivate your empathy, listening ability, and understanding of your partner. By relying on the latest scientific research from international experts, "The Relationship Communication Cure" is able to identify the exact mistakes you or your partner are currently doing and how to fix them immediately. So if you want to finally access the tricks and tips most experts don't even know and finally unlock your full potential as a spouse, click "Add to Cart" now! ★★ Buy the Paperback version and get the Kindle eBook version included for FREE! ★★
Download or read book Communicating with Today s Patient written by Joanne Desmond and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2000-09-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the author's wealth of experience in health care communications and backed up by solid research, Communicating with Today's Patient is filled with proven techniques and time-tested strategies physicians and other clinicians can immediately put into action.
Download or read book Who Killed HealthCare America s 2 Trillion Medical Problem and the Consumer Driven Cure written by Regina Herzlinger and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2007-04-17 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned authority from Harvard Business School confronts America's health care crisis-and how consumer control can fix it PRAISE FOR WHO KILLED HEALTHCARE? “A brilliant analysis... A must-read.” – Bill George, Professor, Harvard Business School and Former CEO of Medtronic “As it becomes more and more obvious to everyone that our current health care system is unsustainable, this is the book that had to be written.” – Daniel H. Johnson, Jr. MD, former president of the American Medical Association “Regina Herzlinger’s ideas to tackle the crisis of the U.S. health care system are based on keen knowledge of the system’s existing difficulties along with insights that introduce the reader to new streamlined choices that have the potential of getting both quantity and cost under control.” – Joseph Kennedy, founder, chairman, and president, Citizens Energy Corporation, CEO, Citizens Health Care, former representative (D-Mass) “Regina Herzlinger... offers a vision of the way things can be, should be, and will be sooner or later. The only question is: how long do we have to wait?” – Greg Scandlen, founder, Consumers for Health Choices“Regi Herzlinger has brilliantly articulated a better way – embracing the principles of competition and innovation that cause every other sector of our economy to thrive. Discharging American health care from the ICU can only happen by putting individual Americans – not politicians and bureaucrats – back in charge of their health care decisioins.” – U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla), M.D. “Following on the heels of her landmark Market-Driven Health Care, Herzlinger lays it on the line with her expose of what many who work in the health care industry have felt in their gut. Now it is articulated in an entertaining and must-read portrayal, with you and me as the only way out.” – Dennis White, executive vice president for strategic development, National Business Coalition on Health“A wonderful Orwellian romp through issues which carry a deadly irony. The killers of health care are, of course, the third parties, each of which has an itchy palm and a commitment to profit or power which exceeds the commitment to service, with each engaging the others within a politically shaped box. Rarely has the case for the public been made with so much force, foresight, and wit, and a better way forward shown so clearly.” – James F. Fries, MD, Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine “You can practically hear the war chants as Professor Herzlinger sets out her view of what’s wrong with the health care system and how to fix it. You’d best read it so you can decide which side you will be on when the battle is joined.” – Paul Levy, CEO, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA “Regina Herzlinger, the nation’s leading expert on consumer-driven health care, has given us a brilliant analysis of the flaws in our health care system and what it will take to get it back on track. Her latest book is a must-read.” – Bill George, Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School, Former CEO, Medtronic, and author of Authentic Leadership“You don’t have to agree with her diagnosis and prescription for the U.S. health care system, but you do have to read her book. Once again, Professor Herzlinger has put together a well researched, well written, and very provocative blueprint for the future of health care.” Peter L. Slavin, MD, President, Massachusetts General Hospital
Download or read book Relational Care written by Lisa Zammit and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relational Care focuses on how people working in and around healthcare can improve the delivery of whole person care. This text integrates Systems Theory and a range of communication tools to support readers in working collaboratively and developing individualized road maps for difficult conversations. Focusing on the relationships between patient, family, and clinician, known as the Relational System, the authors explore how effective communication in healthcare can improve the well-being of all. Beginning with theoretical chapters, the Personal System is described as body, mind, and spirit. Using both Systems encourages readers to see the whole person as they practice. The book incorporates how relational practice improves care in topics such as grief, end-of-life care, stress, and burnout, giving bad news and resolving conflict. Each chapter includes case studies, reflective questions, and prompts for critical thinking to help the reader embed their learning. This practice-changing textbook will be useful to a range of health practitioners, including nurses, Physician Assistants, physicians, and more. It can be used as a supplemental reading for medical interviewing and communications courses.
Download or read book The 5 Minute Clinical Consult 2020 written by Sangeeta Sharma and published by Wolters kluwer india Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 250 diagnostic and treatment algorithms over 900 topics providing clinical guidance current evidence-based designations highlighted in each topic at-a-glance format with concise and bulleted text, ICD-10 codes, dsm-5criteria quick information to help in diagnosis, treatment selection and medication dosing easy-to-use reference at point of care providing quick answer to a direct clinical question.
Download or read book The Quality Cure written by David Cutler and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2014-04-16 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, the soaring cost of health care has become an economic drag and a political flashpoint. Moreover, although the country's medical spending is higher than that of any other nation, health outcomes are no better than elsewhere, and in some cases are even worse. In The Quality Cure, renowned health care economist and former Obama advisor David Cutler offers an accessible and incisive account of the issues and their causes, as well as a road map for the future of health care reform—one that shows how information technology, realigned payment systems, and value-focused organizations together have the power to resolve this seemingly intractable problem and transform the US health care system into one that is affordable, efficient, and effective.
Download or read book The Art of Communication in Nursing and Health Care written by Theresa Raphael-Grimm, PhD, CNS and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handy guide to tackling difficult patient and professional interactions with confidence and compassion In this age of increasing reliance on technology, it is essential that the fundamentals of compassion and good communication—the art of patient care—remain at the heart of health care. This clear, concise guide to professional communication strategies helps nurses and other health care clinicians to build effective patient relationships and navigate a wide variety of difficult patient and professional interactions. Written by a practicing psychotherapist who has devoted nearly 30 years of study to clinician—patient relationships, the book tackles such complex issues as dealing with demanding patients, maintaining professional boundaries, overcoming biases and stereotypes, managing clinician emotions, communicating bad news, challenging a colleague’s clinical opinion, and other common scenarios. The book guides the reader through a conceptual framework for building effective relationships that is based on the principles of mindfulness. These principles are embedded in discussions of the fundamental elements of interpersonal effectiveness, such as hope, empathy, and listening. Chapters apply mindfulness principles to specific challenging situations with concrete examples that describe effective clinical behaviors as well as situations depicting pitfalls that may impede compassionate care. From a focus on everyday manners in difficult situations to beneficial approaches with challenging populations, the guide helps health care professionals confidently resolve common problems. Brief, to-the-point chapters help clinicians channel their clinical knowledge and good intentions into caring behaviors that allow the patient to more fully experience empathy and compassion. With the guiding theme of “using words as precision instruments,” this is a resource that will be referred to again and again. Key Features: • Helps health care professionals and nurses communicate effectively in challenging clinical and professional situations • Uses the principles of mindfulness to build satisfying relationships and resolve problems • Addresses such difficult issues as demanding patients, maintaining boundaries, overcoming biases, managing clinician emotions, and much more • Provides special tips for communicating with family members and caregivers • Authored by a practicing psychotherapist specializing in clinician—patient relationships for nearly 30 years
Download or read book Family Communication at the End of Life written by Maureen P. Keeley and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Family Communication at the End of Life" that was published in Behavioral Sciences
Download or read book Delivering High Quality Cancer Care written by Committee on Improving the Quality of Cancer Care: Addressing the Challenges of an Aging Population and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, approximately 14 million people have had cancer and more than 1.6 million new cases are diagnosed each year. However, more than a decade after the Institute of Medicine (IOM) first studied the quality of cancer care, the barriers to achieving excellent care for all cancer patients remain daunting. Care often is not patient-centered, many patients do not receive palliative care to manage their symptoms and side effects from treatment, and decisions about care often are not based on the latest scientific evidence. The cost of cancer care also is rising faster than many sectors of medicine--having increased to $125 billion in 2010 from $72 billion in 2004--and is projected to reach $173 billion by 2020. Rising costs are making cancer care less affordable for patients and their families and are creating disparities in patients' access to high-quality cancer care. There also are growing shortages of health professionals skilled in providing cancer care, and the number of adults age 65 and older--the group most susceptible to cancer--is expected to double by 2030, contributing to a 45 percent increase in the number of people developing cancer. The current care delivery system is poorly prepared to address the care needs of this population, which are complex due to altered physiology, functional and cognitive impairment, multiple coexisting diseases, increased side effects from treatment, and greater need for social support. Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis presents a conceptual framework for improving the quality of cancer care. This study proposes improvements to six interconnected components of care: (1) engaged patients; (2) an adequately staffed, trained, and coordinated workforce; (3) evidence-based care; (4) learning health care information technology (IT); (5) translation of evidence into clinical practice, quality measurement and performance improvement; and (6) accessible and affordable care. This report recommends changes across the board in these areas to improve the quality of care. Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis provides information for cancer care teams, patients and their families, researchers, quality metrics developers, and payers, as well as HHS, other federal agencies, and industry to reevaluate their current roles and responsibilities in cancer care and work together to develop a higher quality care delivery system. By working toward this shared goal, the cancer care community can improve the quality of life and outcomes for people facing a cancer diagnosis.
Download or read book Communication Skills for the Health Care Professional written by Gwen Marram Van Servellen and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1997 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook provides the kind of comprehensive and in-depth preparation your students need to communicate optimally with patients, families, and fellow providers. Combining principles and practical applications, this text shows students how to apply communication techniques to patient care. It contains specific examples from many health care disciplines and is appropriate for all students in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, and other allied health professions. Complete with chapter objectives, real-life examples and sample dialogue, and a glossary defining over 100 words and terms essential to the field of communication.
Download or read book Effective Communication for Health Professionals E Book written by Elsevier Inc and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - NEW! Chapter devoted to cross-cultural communication promotes understanding of care in a diverse workplace - NEW! Chapter on diseases and disorders discusses communication with patients experiencing specific physical and mental illnesses and disorders. - NEW and UNIQUE! Words at Work dialogue boxes demonstrate actual conversations between healthcare workers and clients. - UPDATED! Content reflects the most current communication tools for the modern healthcare setting. - NEW! Full-color design and art program promote engagement. - NEW and UNIQUE! Communication Guidelines boxes direct you to best practices for the effective exchange of information. - NEW! Additional Taking the Chapter to Work case studies demonstrate real-life communication pitfalls and successes.
Download or read book Handbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care written by David Kissane and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communication is a core skill for medical professionals when treating patients, and cancer and palliative care present some of the most challenging clinical situations. This book provides a comprehensive curriculum to help oncology specialists optimize their communication skills.
