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Dignity in Care: The Human Side of Medicine
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Edition:
- 1st Ed.
- Author:
- Harvey Max Chochinov
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN:
- 978-0-19-938042-8
- Doody's Star Rating®:
- Score:
- 99
- Doody Core Title Score:
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- 2.47 (Patient Education)
- 2.2 (Family Medicine)
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No one goes into healthcare with the intention of hurting people, or wanting to come off as callous, cold, or unfeeling.
Fortunately, most people working in healthcare understand that kindness and compassion are key, even foundational to success in the care they provide to patients and families. And yet, all too often, there are instances when contact with healthcare is tainted by experiences ranging from vaguely annoying or abrasive to outright emotionally assaultive. Patients may confront experiences that chip away at their sense of pride and personhood; this can be as subtle as being kept waiting for an appointment, as insidious as being required to wear a plastic hospital bracelet that tracks them according to an institutional number or code, as jarring as being referred to as an aberrant body part - the proverbial "GI bleed in room two" or "breast tumor in room three."
Dignity in Care aims to provide readers with what they need to know about the humanity of care and the tone of care; and how they can engage in these facets of care in a thoughtful and meaningful way that will sati
Fortunately, most people working in healthcare understand that kindness and compassion are key, even foundational to success in the care they provide to patients and families. And yet, all too often, there are instances when contact with healthcare is tainted by experiences ranging from vaguely annoying or abrasive to outright emotionally assaultive. Patients may confront experiences that chip away at their sense of pride and personhood; this can be as subtle as being kept waiting for an appointment, as insidious as being required to wear a plastic hospital bracelet that tracks them according to an institutional number or code, as jarring as being referred to as an aberrant body part - the proverbial "GI bleed in room two" or "breast tumor in room three."
Dignity in Care aims to provide readers with what they need to know about the humanity of care and the tone of care; and how they can engage in these facets of care in a thoughtful and meaningful way that will sati
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Harvey Max Chochinov
- ISBN:
- 978-0-19-938042-8
- Specialty:
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- Holistic Nursing
- Philosophy of Medicine/Science
- Rehabilitation & Physical Medicine
- Medical Law
- Ethics & Other Humanities
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st Ed.
- Pages:
- 184
- Publication Year:
- 2022
- Doody's Star Rating®:
- Score:
- 99
- Doody Core Title Score:
-
- 2.47 (Patient Education)
- 2.2 (Family Medicine)