Aarons, Dr Derrick E, PhD

Vital Communications in Medicine Aarons, Dr Derrick E, PhD

Vital Communications in Medicine - A powerful resource for health care professionals, patients, and their families that provides the knowledge needed to change the way we communicate in the medical field and seeks to improve patient outcomes.

The principles of communication to be found within this book are applicable to all human beings who may fall ill, and all who may have to care for those who are ill. All health care personnel have a vital role to play in communication in medicine and within the health care setting, and this communication occurs daily all over the world.

Medical doctors and instructors, medical students, nurses, nursing instructors, nursing students, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physiotherapists, optometrists, psychologists, chiropodists, nutritionists, audiologists, occupational therapists, podiatrists, paramedics, dietitians, dental hygienists, speech therapists, medical technologists, acupuncturists, radiographers, and all members of the health care professions who interact with patients and their relatives, as well as members of the public who will at some time require health care - will benefit from reading, adopting, and actuating the principles and communicative methodology described and recommended in this book.

If you are like everyone else in the world and have utilized medical services at some point in your life, whether as a patient, medical practitioner, or a patient's family member, Vital Communications in Medicine, written by Dr. Derrick Aarons J. P. - MB. BS. (UWI), M. Sc. (Bioethics), Ph. D. (McGill).

Dr. Aarons is the only Ph. D. trained Bioethicist in the English-speaking Caribbean and is pioneering a change in communication between doctors, patients, and their families that will improve the way medical care is provided and received.