Communication skills : challenges, importance for health care professionals and strategies for improvement / Bridget L. Wright, editor. - x, 112 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Speech and language disorders .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface

Chapter 1. Communication Skills in the Era of the Electronic Medical Records: Challenges and Opportunities
Jumana Antoun and Jad Aridi (Department of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut, Lebanon)

Chapter 2. Communicating with the Psychologically Distressed Patient
Basem Roberto Saab and Jumana Antoun (Department of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon)

Chapter 3. Communication Neurosciences for Interprofessional Teams in Health Care
Carlo Lazzari and Italo Masiello (Centre for Health Education, Neuroeducation and Neuroleadership (CHENN), Colechester, United Kingdom, and others)

Chapter 4. Decision-Making Models in Patients with Depression: A Review of How and Who Should Decide
Hugo Sérgio Almeida and Margarida Figueiredo-Braga (Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal, and others)

Index

9781634855655 (softcover)

2016024901


Communication in medicine.
Interpersonal communication.
Language disorders.
Physician and patient.

R118 / .C6184 2016

616.855 WRI