Medically Speaking

Medically Speaking
Author: C.C. Gaither
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 597
Release: 2019-04-23
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0429525648

Medically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing contains over 1,500 quotes pertinent and especially illuminating to these disciplines. Here you will find quotations from the most famous to the unknown. Some are profound, some are witty, some are wise but none are frivolous. The extensive author and subject indexes

Physician Communication

Physician Communication
Author: Terry L. Schraeder
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2019
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0190882441

Communication skills determine how the world perceives us - and how we perceive the world. Communication is at the heart of who we are and all that we do. As a clinician, your communication impacts how you take care of patients, work with colleagues, teach trainees, and engage audiences and the public. Communication encompasses all aspects of human skills, from listening and clearly articulating thoughts to an awareness of physical gestures, specific word choice, tone, and volume. Whether engaging with patients, peers, care teams, family members, residents, researchers, insurance agencies, management, or journalists, successful communication requires focusing on the importance of the relationship and the mission of each interaction. Today, due to the rise of digital technologies including electronic medical records, online forums, and video conferences, the content of information, the platform, and the audience are continuously changing and expanding for physicians. There is a great need in the physician community to learn how to facilitate the exchange of information, provide psychosocial support, partake in shared-decision making, translate complex information, and resolve controversies with sound science in a variety of settings. Addressing physicians at every level of training and practice, Physician Communication: Connecting with Patients, Peers, and the Public will enable providers to examine, analyse, and improve their skills in the art and science of communication. Divided into four sections: Face-to-face Communications; Digital Communications;Public Speaking; and Traditional Media, this book will help physicians navigate various situations using different methods and modes of communication.

English Language and the Medical Profession: Instructing and Assessing the Communication Skills of International Physicians

English Language and the Medical Profession: Instructing and Assessing the Communication Skills of International Physicians
Author: Barbara Hoekje
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2011-11-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1780523858

English Language and the Medical Profession: Instructing and Assessing the Communication Skills of International Physicians is designed for a new context for English language teaching: the emerging, worldwide interest in English for medicine. The book offers a program for an English language curriculum that is specifically designed for the important and growing group of international medical professionals, with a focus on both instruction and assessment. International physicians in the United States now total more than 25 per cent of the physician workforce. Even subsequent to their passage of the clinical skills exam required for licensing and practice as physicians in U.S. hospitals, international physicians face communication challenges as first-year residents and may be referred to specialists for language and cultural issues. Advanced residents may face additional issues when they begin work as independent practitioners. This volume goes beyond existing texts in collecting the expertise of English language teaching and testing experts, medical residency supervisors, medical licensing, and exchange agencies in examining issues related to international physicians' performance as graduate students and doctors in hospitals and other settings. The contributors include specialists at the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates and doctors who supervise international medical residents as well as recognized ESP practitioners.

Philosophical Foundations of Medical Law

Philosophical Foundations of Medical Law
Author: Andelka M. Phillips
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2019-11-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0198796552

With advances in personalised medicine, the field of medical law is being challenged and transformed. The nature of the doctor-patient relationship is shifting as patients simultaneously become consumers. The regulation of emerging technologies is being thrown into question, and we face new challenges in the context of global pandemics. This volume identifies significant questions and issues underlying the philosophy of medical law. It brings together leading philosophers, legal theorists, and medical specialists to discuss these questions in two parts. The first part deals with key foundational theories, and the second addresses a variety of topical issues, including euthanasia, abortion, and medical privacy. The wide range of perspectives and topics on offer provide a vital introduction to the philosophical underpinnings of medical law.

Medical Communication Skills and Law Made Easy

Medical Communication Skills and Law Made Easy
Author: Tsong Kwong
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2009-05-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0702048089

Communication skills are an increasingly important part of the medical curriculum. This book aims to give didactic guidance on the appropriate style and content of communication for medical students and F1 doctors in those common situations they are likely to encounter both on the ward and in OSCE examinations. In each case any legal points or potential pitfalls are highlighted. Part of the Made Easy series, the book is small in format and extent and presents only the essentials in a way that is highly accessible for the busy medical student already overloaded with information. What to say to patients is a major cause of insecurity and worry amongst medical students and this book provides the perfect answer. Unlike all other books on communication skills the whole emphasis is on practical guidance in specific situations, rather than exploring the background to communication skills or the underlying principles. Practical guidance on what to say to patients in common situations in the clinic and on the wards. Includes legal guidance for all situations. Example OSCEs provided to prepare for examinations.

Exploring Medical Language

Exploring Medical Language
Author: Myrna LaFleur-Brooks
Publisher: Mosby
Total Pages: 836
Release: 1994
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Brooks presents a systematic introductory approach to the language of medicine. She begins with Greek and Latin words, explaining the rules for combining them to form medical terms, and then covers their use in a body system format. New discussions include recently developed surgical and diagnostic procedures and medical terms common to the diagnosis and treatment of AIDS.