Peter Washer.

Clinical communication skills / edited by Peter Washer. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013. - xvi, 157 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Oxford core texts series .

includes index

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-154) and index.

Why learn communication skills? / Peter Washer -- The structure and process of the medical interview / Peter Washer -- How to take a medical history / Peter Washer -- Writing about patients / Peter Washer -- Giving presentations / Katherine Woolf, Jayne Kavanagh, and Melissa Gardner -- Talking with other health professionals and patients' families / Peter Washer -- Talking with disabled people / Peter Washer -- Talking with people from other cultures / Peter Washer -- Talking about sex and sexuality / Peter Washer -- Talking with children and young people / Caroline Fertleman and Peter Washer -- Talking with people with mental health problems / Simon Michaelson and Peter Washer -- Giving information and managing uncertainty / Peter Washer -- Talking about mistakes and dealing with complaints / Peter Washer -- Shared decision making and communicating risk / Peter Washer -- Breaking bad news / Judith Cave.

9780199550463


Communication in medicine.
Physician and patient.
Physician-Patient Relations.
Clinical Medicine.
Communication.

R118 / .C55 2013

610.69/6