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Counselling and communication skills for medical and health practitioners / edited by Rowan Bayne, Paula Nicolson and Ian Horton.

Contributor(s): Bayne, Rowan | Nicolson, Paula | Horton, Ian, 1940-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Leicester : British Psychological Society, 1998Description: xiv, 226 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1854332562.Subject(s): Communication in medicine | Counseling | Communication | Medical personnel -- PsychologyDDC classification: 610.696
Contents:
Part 1: Background: Counselling and communication in health care / Ian Horton and Rowan Bayne -- Looking after yourself / Rowan Bayne -- Part 2: General skills: Listening: some basic qualities and skills / Rowan Bayne and Verena Tschudin -- Listening to stories about illness and health: applying the lessons of narrative psychology / John McLeod -- Mental illness and communication / Jim Monach -- Increasing multicultural competence / Jenny Bimrose -- Psychological type (the Myers-Briggs) / Rowan Bayne -- Group membership / Richard Kwiatkowski and David Hogan -- Part 3: Specialized skills and settings: Talking to children and adolescents about life, death and sex / Paula Nicolson -- Talking about sexuality and sexual problems / Paula Nicolson -- Working with infertility / Christa Drennan and Sallie Rumbold -- Solution-focused brief therapy: from hierachy to collaboration / Harvey Ratner -- Communicating about ethical dilemmas: a medical humanities approach / Rowena Murray -- Rehabilitation counselling / Pamela Griffiths.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 610.696 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00076328
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This is a highly practical handbook aimed specifically at medical and health care professionals. The book begins with an overview of the main issues of counselling and communication looking also at the importance of self-care from both a personal and organizational perspective. Basic counselling and communication skills are followed by their application to specialised settings including sexual health, child health, infertility and rehabilitation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Background: Counselling and communication in health care / Ian Horton and Rowan Bayne -- Looking after yourself / Rowan Bayne -- Part 2: General skills: Listening: some basic qualities and skills / Rowan Bayne and Verena Tschudin -- Listening to stories about illness and health: applying the lessons of narrative psychology / John McLeod -- Mental illness and communication / Jim Monach -- Increasing multicultural competence / Jenny Bimrose -- Psychological type (the Myers-Briggs) / Rowan Bayne -- Group membership / Richard Kwiatkowski and David Hogan -- Part 3: Specialized skills and settings: Talking to children and adolescents about life, death and sex / Paula Nicolson -- Talking about sexuality and sexual problems / Paula Nicolson -- Working with infertility / Christa Drennan and Sallie Rumbold -- Solution-focused brief therapy: from hierachy to collaboration / Harvey Ratner -- Communicating about ethical dilemmas: a medical humanities approach / Rowena Murray -- Rehabilitation counselling / Pamela Griffiths.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Ackground
  • Counselling and Communication in health care
  • Looking after yourself
  • Eneral Skills
  • Listening: some basic qualities and skills
  • Listening to stories about illness and health: applying the lessons of narrative psychology
  • Mental illness and communication
  • Increasing multicultural competence
  • Psychological type (Myers-Briggs)
  • Group Membership
  • Pecialised Skills and Settings
  • Talking to children and adolescents about life, death and sex.0
  • Talking about sexuality and sexual problems
  • 1 Working with infertility
  • 2 Solution-focused brief therapy: from hierarchy to collaboration
  • 3 Communicating about ethical dilemmas: a medical humanities approach
  • 4 Rehabilitation counselling

Author notes provided by Syndetics

This book brings together the practical experience of 14 professionals working in various specialisms within counselling, making it one of the most authoritative general counselling books in this area.

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