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Title Handbook of communication in anaesthesia and critical care : a practical guide to exploring the art / edited by Allan M. Cyna, Marion I. Andrew, Suyin G.M. Tan, Andrew F. Smith
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 268 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Contents To begin / Stavros Prineas, Andrew F. Smith, and Suyin G.M. Tan -- Structures / Allan M. Cyna, Marion I. Andrew, and Suyin G.M. Tan -- How words hurt / Allan M. Cyna and Elvira V. Lang -- Language and the subconscious / Allan M. Cyna, Marion I. Andrew, and Suyin G.M. Tan -- Narrative and metaphor / Audrey Shafer -- The pre-anaesthetic visit / Vincent J. Kopp -- Consent / Alan Merry and Sally N. Merry -- Perioperative care / Andrew F. Smith, Allan M. Cyna, and Suyin G.M. Tan -- The obstetric patient / Marion I. Andrew and Allan M. Cyna -- The paediatric patient / David Sainsbury and Allan M. Cyna -- Critical care / Daniel Nethercott and Maire Shelly -- When bad things happen / Diana C. Strange Khursandi -- Patients with special needs / Gillian Hood and Suyin G.M. Tan -- Needle phobia / Allan M. Cyna and Marion I. Andrew -- Intraoperative awareness / Christel J. Bejenke -- Safety-critical communication / Stavros Prineas -- The theatre team / Suyin G.M. Tan and Andy McWilliam -- Teaching and research / Susie Richmond, Andrew F. Smith, and Suyin G.M. Tan -- Administrators / Scott W. Simmons -- Hypnotic techniques / Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville, Christel J. Bejenke, and Ernil Hansen
Summary This text offers anaesthetists, intensivists, and other critical care staff ways of improving communication in everyday clinical practice, and provides practical communication tools that can be used in difficult circumstances. It demonstrates how communication can improve patient care and safety with numerous practical examples
Notes Previously issued in print: 2011
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience Specialized
Notes Print version record
Subject Anesthesiology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Communication in medicine -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Critical care medicine -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Medical personnel and patient.
Communication.
Misinformation.
Anesthesia -- psychology
Professional-Patient Relations
Communication
Critical Care -- psychology
Medical personnel and patient
Communication
Anesthesiology
Communication in medicine
Critical care medicine
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author Cyna, Allan M., editor
Andrew, Marion I., editor
Tan, Suyin G. M., editor
Smith, Andrew F., editor
ISBN 9780191917912
0191917915