Main description:

For over 20 years, Patient Practitioner Interaction: An Experiential Manual for Developing the Art of Health Care has been the cornerstone textbook for health care professionals to learn and develop effective interpersonal professional behavior.

Building on the foundational knowledge of past editions, the updated Sixth Edition continues to teach health care professionals how to develop self-awareness and communication skills critical to providing ethical, compassionate, and professional treatment and care for and with their patients.

Drs. Carol M. Davis and Gina Maria Musolino designed the textbook to assist both faculty and students through instructional and learning objectives emphasizing the importance of self-awareness in patient interaction. The Sixth Edition guides faculty in teaching the essential component required of all health care professionals: the ability to know oneself and one's patterns of response in highly contentious situations. Through the featured learning activities and chapters on self-awareness and self-assessment, students will be able to better understand, change, and evaluate their learned patterns, values, and readiness for mature patient interactions for both typical and challenging patient care situations. The learned skills of self-awareness and effective interpersonal communication allow clinicians, faculty, and students to provide compassionate and therapeutic treatment and care for the good of the patients and their families. Developing health care providers are also guided in new focus areas in health care leadership and advocacy through interactive exercises.

Features and benefits of the Sixth Edition:

Four chapters on self-awareness to guide students in evaluating their values and readiness for mature interaction with patients under stressful situations, as well as their ability and capability for self-assessment and peer-assessment
Interactive and online learning activities of real-life clinical situations and vignettes with tools provided to use in the classroom to make learning active and engaging.
New content areas addressing leadership and advocacy with professional and community organizations; and self and peer assessment for fostering reflective professional development.
An accompanying Instructor's Manual to help faculty learn how to convey the material in effective ways.

Instructors in educational settings can visit www.efacultylounge.com for additional material to be used for teaching in the classroom.

Patient Practitioner Interaction: An Experiential Manual for Developing the Art of Health Care, Sixth Edition will continue to be the go-to resource for students, faculty, and clinicians in allied health professions for effective patient interaction.

Contents:

Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Contributing Authors
Preface
Foreword to the Fifth Edition by Helen J. Hislop, PT, PhD, ScD, FAPTA
Foreword to the Sixth Edition by Shirley A. Sahrmann, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Chapter 1 Basic Awareness of Self Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA and Gina Maria Musolino, PT, MSEd, EdD
Chapter 2 Family History Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA and Gina Maria Musolino, PT, MSEd, EdD
Chapter 3 Values as Determinants of Behavior Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA and Gina Maria Musolino, PT, MSEd, EdD
Chapter 4 Identifying and Resolving Moral Dilemmas Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA and Gina Maria Musolino, PT, MSEd, EdD
Chapter 5 Stress Management Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA and Gina Maria Musolino, PT, MSEd, EdD
Chapter 6 The Nature of Effective Helping: Empathy and Sympathy Versus Pity Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA and Gina Maria Musolino, PT, MSEd, EdD
Chapter 7 Effective Communication: Problem Identification and Helpful Responses Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA and Gina Maria Musolino, PT, MSEd, EdD
Chapter 8 Assertiveness Skills and Conflict Resolution Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA and Gina Maria Musolino, PT, MSEd, EdD Chapter 9
Readiness for Reflective Practice: Peer and Self-Assessment Gina Maria Musolino, PT, MSEd, EdD
Chapter 10 Leadership and Advocacy for Health Care Gina Maria Musolino, PT, MSEd, EdD
Chapter 11 Communicating to Establish Rapport and Reduce Negativity Helen L. Masin, PT, PhD
Chapter 12 Communicating With Cultural Sensitivity Helen L. Masin, PT, PhD
Chapter 13 The Helping Interview Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA and Gina Maria Musolino, PT, MSEd, EdD
Chapter 14 Spirituality in Patient Care Darina Sargeant, PT, PhD
Chapter 15 Health Behavior and Effective Patient Education Kathleen A. Curtis, PT, PhD Chapter 16 Communicating With Persons Who Have Disabilities Kathleen A. Curtis, PT, PhD
Chapter 17 Sexuality and Disability: Effective Communication Sherrill H. Hayes, PT, PhD
Chapter 18 Communicating With People Who Are Dying and Their Families Carol M. Davis, DPT, EdD, MS, FAPTA and Gina Maria Musolino, PT, MSEd, EdD
Afterword
Financial Disclosures
Index