Communication Skills for Medicine
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Communication Skills for Medicine by Margaret Lloyd Md Frcp Frcgp
This title was Highly Commended (Basis of Medicine category)in the BMA Awards 2005. A highly practical account of communication for medical students, backed up with numerous case histories. In addition to the clinical interview the book covers other aspects of communication including how to promote healthy behaviour and the need for the doctor to work as part of the health care team. Reflects current importance of communication skills in curriculum. Highly practical approach. Accessible information with summary points. Covers needs for both hospital and general practice setting. Written specifically for medical students, unlike many of the competing books. Additional practical examples. More material on: professionalism; Mental Capacity Act; risk; the 'expert' patient.
Lloyd, Margaret: - Margaret Lloyd was born in Liverpool, England of Welsh parents and grew up in a Welsh community in central New York State. FORGED LIGHT is her third collection of poems. Alice James Books brought out her first collection, This Particular Earthly Scene. Plinth Books published A MOMENT IN THE FIELD: VOICES FROM ARTHURIAN LEGEND (2006). In addition, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press published William Carlos Williams' Paterson: A Critical Reappraisal, now considered seminal in the field. Her poetry honors include a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, fellowships to Breadloaf and to Hawthornden Castle in Scotland, and a writing residency at Yaddo where she worked on the poems in FORGED LIGHT. A poet and painter, Lloyd is Professor of English at Springfield College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780702030581 |
| ISBN 10 | 0702030589 |
| Title | Communication Skills for Medicine |
| Author | Margaret Lloyd Md Frcp Frcgp |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Elsevier Health Sciences |
| Year published | 2009-03-26 |
| Number of pages | 222 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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