TY - BOOK AU - Stein-Parbury,Jane TI - Patient and person: interpersonal skills in nursing SN - 9780729537407 U1 - 610.730699 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Sydney, New York PB - Elsevier Churchill Livingstone KW - Nurse and patient KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Communication KW - Misinformation N1 - Prev. ed. has subtitle: developing interpersonal skills in nursing; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Why interpersonal skills? -- Patient-nurse relationship -- Self-awareness -- Skills -- Encouraging interaction: listening -- Building meaning: understanding -- Collecting information: exploring -- Comforting, supporting and enabling -- Skills in context -- Health, illness and crisis -- Considering culture and age -- Improving colleague interaction N2 - This thoroughly revised edition provides an effective and practical guide to establishing and building effective relationships in nursing practice. The theoretical and therapeutic aspects of the patient- nurse relationship are examined, as are the socio-cultural aspect of health care ER -