Interviewing: A Guide for Health ProfessionalsAbstract: This reference work is intended to supplement clinical teaching and serve as a source to which medical and nursing students can turn when questions about dealing with patients are raised by personal experiences. It attempts to provide a view that may help the student to understand a patient's behavior. Although interviewing skills are emphasized, they are considered as methods of implementing emphathic attitudes. Coverage includes: relationship between the health professional and the patient; overview of interviewing techniques; diagnosing and prescribing in organic illness and in personal problems; hostile response; reassuring response; understanding response; interviewing the family; counseling; emotions in illness and treatment; social distance and patient care; and death and dying. References are included. |
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The Relationship Between The Health Professional | 1 |
An Overview of Interviewing Techniques | 21 |
The Evaluative Response | 35 |
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