In all branches of medicine, effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients, families and carers is essential to provide the highest quality treatment. Increasing public awareness of health problems and the easy availability of health information has led to the public being more informed about common conditions and available treatments. As a result, patients approach medical consultations better informed, so the need to improve communication skills is even greater. Communication skills are a matter of personal ability, which varies considerably between individuals in the medical profession, as in any other. This book covers ethical and legal issues, planning difficult conversations, patient and doctor perspectives, issues relating to special groups such as children and the elderly, as well as conversations with patients from different cultural backgrounds, and outlines possible clinical cases.
Books
- Approaches to ethics
- Patient competence and decision-making capacity
- Confidentiality and medical records
- Reproductive health ethics
- End of life ethics
- Ethics of the doctor-patient relationship in global health
- Research ethics
- Decision-making in ethical dilemmas
- A comprehensive test containing the 100 most frequently tested questions on medical ethics with correct answers is also included.