Achieving cultural competency : a case-based approach to training health professionals
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24237
Hark, Lisa.
--Chichester, England:
Wiley-Blackwell
, 2009.
- Call Number
- WA 300 A178 2009
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WA 300 A178 2009
- Author
- Hark, Lisa
- Other Authors
- DeLisser, Horace
- Morrison, Gail
- Place of Publication
- Chichester, England
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date of Publication
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 278 p.
- ISBN
- 9781405180726
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cultural Competency - Case Reports
- Communication Barriers - Case Reports
- Ethics, Clinical - Case Reports
- Physician-Patient Relations - Case Reports
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Adherence in Dermatology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40182
Scott A. Davis, editor.
--Cham:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
, c2016.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
An essential, comprehensive, and practical guide to understanding, measuring, and modifying patients' adherence behavior to optimize treatment outcomes, this book covers all major aspects of adherence in dermatology. The first section describes current knowledge on the magnitude and impact of nonadherence; the second outlines measuring adherence in the context of databases, trials and practice. The third section addresses adherence in key skin diseases and the fourth covers numerous strategies …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Davis, Scott A
- Responsibility
- Scott A. Davis, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 178 p. : 15 illus., 13 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319309941
- 9783319309927 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Directly Observed Therapy - methods
- Patient Compliance
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Skin Diseases - therapy
- Abstract
- An essential, comprehensive, and practical guide to understanding, measuring, and modifying patients' adherence behavior to optimize treatment outcomes, this book covers all major aspects of adherence in dermatology. The first section describes current knowledge on the magnitude and impact of nonadherence; the second outlines measuring adherence in the context of databases, trials and practice. The third section addresses adherence in key skin diseases and the fourth covers numerous strategies to improve adherence by mitigating specific patient barriers. All sections emphasize ways to optimize communication with patients: the foundation for producing successful health behavior change. Low adherence helps explain why, despite effective treatments existing for all major dermatologic conditions, many patients still fail to improve. When clinicians endeavour to maximize adherence, with the aid of evidence-based strategies, these drugs will often realise their potential. This book devotes special attention to understanding why individuals may be nonadherent, so that each patient can receive a suitable treatment regimen, with a personalized plan of action. This book is designed for clinicians at all levels, serving as both introductory training for medical students and residents, and an update on the field for experienced practitioners. Researchers and policymakers will also benefit from its coverage of research methods and the impact of nonadherence in specific diseases. Adherence in Dermatology bridges the gap between outcomes researchers and clinicians by explaining the latest findings in plain language, with examples from everyday dermatologic practice.
- Contents
- Part I. What is known about adherence behavior -- 1. Impact of Non-Adherence in Dermatology -- 2. Models of Adherence -- 3. Impact of demographic and treatment-related factors -- 4. Non-attendance, predictors and interventions -- Part II. Methods of measuring adherence -- 5. Using Retrospective Databases to Study Adherence -- 6. Measuring Adherence in Clinical Trials -- 7. How providers can assess their patients' adherence in clinical settings -- Part III. Adherence in specific diseases -- 8. Topical application and variability of the de facto applied dose: technical aspects -- 9. Adherence in Acne -- 10. Psoriasis and adherence to therapy: individual, treatment-related and general factors -- 11. Adherence in atopic dermatitis -- 12. Adherence in Other Dermatologic Conditions -- Part IV. Strategies to improve adherence -- 13. Optimizing the Physician-Patient Relationship and Educating the Patient about Adherence -- 14. Choosing the treatment the patient is most likely to use -- 15. Dealing with forgetfulness -- 16. Building Motivation and Self-Efficacy.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Advice to the healer : on the art of caring
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat32422
Richard Colgan, author.
(2nd ed.)
--New York, NY:
Springer
, c2013.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Clinicians--physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, social workers, psychologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and others--share the unique responsibility of patient care and the limitless fulfillment this calling can provide.The healing professions have an ancient and venerable tradition of service, honor, and humanism that is often communicated from teacher to student in anecdotes and bits of wisdom told quickly in passing. Gathering together this type of valuable informatio…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Colgan, Richard
- Responsibility
- Richard Colgan, author
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 181 p. : 19 ill.)
- ISBN
- 9781461451709
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Patient Care
- Philosophy, Medical
- Physician's Role - psychology
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Family medicine
- Abstract
- Clinicians--physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, social workers, psychologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and others--share the unique responsibility of patient care and the limitless fulfillment this calling can provide.The healing professions have an ancient and venerable tradition of service, honor, and humanism that is often communicated from teacher to student in anecdotes and bits of wisdom told quickly in passing. Gathering together this type of valuable information in one place, Advice to the Healer: On the Art of Caring, Second Edition, includes biographies of historical luminaries in medicine, tales from everyday practice, inspirational quotes and artwork, and advice for new and veteran healers alike. "Today, when medical education short-changes basic clinical skills in favor of technology, when many young clinicians seem to view medicine as a trade instead of a calling, and when we see practicing physicians hawking their services on roadside billboards, it is refreshing to read a book that extols medicine's rich history and traditional values." --Robert B. Taylor, MD, Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University.
- Contents
- Part I. Inspirational Perspectives from History -- -- Introduction -- Ancient times -- Chinese and medieval medicine -- The twentieth century -- Modern masters -- -- Part II. Practical Advice for the Modern-Day Healer -- -- Survival tips for the younger clinician -- Civility -- Lessons learned from private practice -- A doctor's journal -- Heal thyself -- The healer.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Advice to the young physician : on the art of medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28888
by Richard Colgan.
--Boston, MA:
Springer-Verlag US
, c2010.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Colgan, Richard
- Responsibility
- by Richard Colgan
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag US
- Date of Publication
- c2010
- ISBN
- 9781441910349
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Patient Care
- Philosophy, Medical
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Practice of medicine
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Against-Medical-Advice Discharges from the Hospital : Optimizing Prevention and Management to Promote High Quality, Patient-Centered Care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat42894
edited by David Alfandre.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2018.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This first-of-its-kind text provides a multidisciplinary overview of a significant problem in hospital-based healthcare: patients who decline inpatient medical care and leave the hospital against medical advice (AMA). Compared to standard hospital discharges, AMA discharges are associated with worse health and health services outcomes. Patients discharged AMA have been found to have disproportionately higher rates of substance use, psychiatric illness, and report stigmatization and reduced acce…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Alfandre, David
- Responsibility
- edited by David Alfandre
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2018
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 181 p.) : 4 illus., 2 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319751306
- 9783319751290 (print ed.)
- 9783319751313 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Patient Compliance
- Patient Discharge
- Patient Dropouts - psychology
- Patient-Centered Care
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Quality of Health Care
- Specialty
- Health Services Administration
- Patient Care
- Abstract
- This first-of-its-kind text provides a multidisciplinary overview of a significant problem in hospital-based healthcare: patients who decline inpatient medical care and leave the hospital against medical advice (AMA). Compared to standard hospital discharges, AMA discharges are associated with worse health and health services outcomes. Patients discharged AMA have been found to have disproportionately higher rates of substance use, psychiatric illness, and report stigmatization and reduced access to care. By providing a far reaching examination of AMA discharges for a wide academic and clinical audience, the book serves as a reference for clinical care, research, and the development of professional guidelines and institutional policy. The book provides both a broad overview of AMA discharges with chapters on the epidemiology, ethical and legal aspects, as well as social science perspectives. For clinicians in the disciplines of hospital medicine, pediatrics, emergency medicine, nursing, and psychiatry, the book also provides a patient-centered analysis of the problem, case-based discussions, and a discussion of best practices. This comprehensive review of AMA discharges and health care quality will interest physicians and other health care professionals, social workers, hospital administrators, quality and risk managers, clinician-educators, and health services researchers.
- Contents
- Part I -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Discharges Against Medical Advice: Prevalence, Predictors, and Populations -- 3. Legal Considerations of Patient Refusals of Treatment Against Medical Advice -- 4. Ethical Considerations in Against Medical Advice Discharges: Values Conflicts over Patient Autonomy and Best Interests -- 5. Reframing the Phenomenon of Discharges Against Medical Advice: A Sociologist's Perspective -- 6. Social Justice and the Ethics of Care: A Nursing Perspective -- Part II -- 7. Bedside Management of Discharges Against Medical Advice -- 8. Against Medical Advice Discharges from the Emergency Department -- 9. To Thy Own Self Be True: Contributions from Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry -- 10. Against Medical Advice Discharges: Pediatric Considerations -- 11. Against Medical Advice Discharges: Considerations in the Psychiatric Population.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The anatomy of hope : how people prevail in the face of illness
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat21380
Groopman, Jerome.
--New York, NY:
Random House
, 2004.
- Call Number
- WB 880 G876a 2004
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WB 880 G876a 2004
- Author
- Groopman, Jerome
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date of Publication
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 248 p.
- ISBN
- 0375506381
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Patients - psychology
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Mental Healing
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Bio-Psycho-Social Obstetrics and Gynecology : A Competency-Oriented Approach
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41367
K Marieke Paarlberg, Harry B.M. van de Wiel, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
This book will assist the reader by providing individually tailored, high-quality bio-psycho-social care to patients with a wide range of problems within the fields of obstetrics, gynecology, fertility, oncology, and sexology. Each chapter addresses a particular theme, issue, or situation in a problem-oriented and case-based manner that emphasizes the differences between routine and bio-psycho-social care. Relevant facts and figures are presented, advice is provided regarding the medical, psych…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Other Authors
- Paarlberg, K Marieke
- van de Wiel, Harry B.M
- Responsibility
- K Marieke Paarlberg, Harry B.M. van de Wiel, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 544 pages) : 35 illus., 21 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319404042
- 9783319404028 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Gynecology - methods
- Obstetrics - methods
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Psychosomatic Medicine - methods
- Reproductive Health
- Sexual Health
- Women's Health
- Abstract
- This book will assist the reader by providing individually tailored, high-quality bio-psycho-social care to patients with a wide range of problems within the fields of obstetrics, gynecology, fertility, oncology, and sexology. Each chapter addresses a particular theme, issue, or situation in a problem-oriented and case-based manner that emphasizes the differences between routine and bio-psycho-social care. Relevant facts and figures are presented, advice is provided regarding the medical, psychological, and caring process, and contextual aspects are discussed. The book offers practical tips and actions within the bio-psycho-social approach, and highlights important do's and don'ts. To avoid a strict somatic thinking pattern, the importance of communication, multidisciplinary collaboration, and creation of a working alliance with the patient is emphasized. The book follows a consistent format, designed to meet the needs of challenged clinicians.
- Contents
- Part I: Obstetrics, Gynecology, Fertility and Sexology -- 1. A Woman Afraid to Deliver: How to Manage Childbirth Anxiety -- 2. A Woman Afraid of Becoming Pregnant Again: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Following Childbirth -- 3. A Woman Who Cannot Enjoy Her Pregnancy: Depression in Pregnancy and Puerperium -- 4. New Mothers with Disturbing Thoughts: Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and of Psychosis in Postpartum - 5. A Woman with a Positive Prenatal Test on Trisomy 21: Counseling in Prenatal Diagnosis -- 6. Parents Who Lost Their Baby: Guiding the Mourning Process in Stillbirths and Pregnancy Terminations -- 7. A Pregnant Woman Who Could Not Stop Drinking: Management of Alcohol Abuse in Pregnancy -- 8. A Young Woman Asking for Labia Reduction Surgery: A Plea for “Vulvar Literacy” -- 9. A Woman Struggling for Control: How to Manage Severe Eating Disorders -- 10. A Woman with Inexplicable Mood Swings: Patient Management of Premenstrual Syndrome -- 11. A Woman Who Suffers Always and Forever: Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain -- 12. A Woman Who Has Been Cut: Female Genital Mutilation from a Global Perspective -- 13. A Woman with Stress Incontinence: Urogenital Complaints and Psychosexual Consequences -- 14. A Couple Who Cannot Conceive: Coping with Infertility -- 15. A Young Woman Facing Cancer Treatment: Shared Decision-Making in Fertility Preservation -- 16. A Couple Who Considers Artificial Reproductive Techniques: Psychosocially Informed Care in Reproductive Medicine -- 17. A Woman Who Never Could Have Coitus: Treatment of Lifelong Vaginismus -- 18. A Woman with Coital Pain: New Perspectives on Provoked Vestibulodynia -- 19. A Woman with Changing Vulvar Anatomy: Sexuality in Women with Lichen Sclerosus -- 20. A Woman Complaining of Lack of Sexual Desire: Sexological Counseling -- Part II: Fundamental Introduction to the Concepts of Clinical Roles, the Meta-competences, and POG Competency Profiles -- 21. A Theoretical and Empirical Study of the Core of the Psychosomatic Approach to Obstetrics and Gynecology: Meta-Competences, Clinical Roles, and POG Competency Profiles -- Part III: Clinical Roles and Meta-competences: The Building Blocks of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology -- 22. Introduction -- 23. History: A Historical Perspective on Patient Education in Clinical Practice and in Medical Education -- 24. Scholar: A Scholar Who Cannot See the Woods for the Trees: The Biopsychosocial Model as the Scientific Basis for the Psychosomatic Approach -- 25. Health Advocate: An Obstetrician in Doubt—Coping with Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Decisions -- 26. Communicator: The Gynecologist Who Could Not Convince His Patients -- 27. Collaborator: A Midwife Who Had a Conflict with an Obstetrician—How to Transform “Contact Tics” into “Co Tactics” -- 28. Professional: A Sexologist Who Overstepped the Mark—How to Handle the Therapeutic Relationship in Psychosocial Care -- 29. Leader: A Proof of Leadership, Dealing with and Learning from Work-Related Psychotrauma -- 30. Medical Expert: The Resident Who Passed the Ultimate Test—The Integration of Roles During the Gynecological Examination.
- Format
- e-Book
- Publication Type
- Case Reports
- Location
- Online
Breaking the cycle : how to turn conflict into collaboration when you and your patients disagree
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat24781
Blackall, George F.
--Philadelphia, PA:
ACP Press
, 2009.
- Call Number
- W 62 B627b 2009
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- W 62 B627b 2009
- Author
- Blackall, George F
- Other Authors
- Simms, Steven
- Green, Michael J
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- ACP Press
- Date of Publication
- 2009
- Physical Description
- 154 p.
- ISBN
- 9781934465189
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Dissent and Disputes
- Conflict (Psychology)
- Contents
- Doctor knows best (sometimes) : the "physician-as-expert" model -- The harder I try, the worse it gets : the symptomatic cycle -- How to begin : building collaborative relationships -- An ounce of prevention : how to avoid impasses with patients and their families -- When all you know isn't enough : dealing with chronic illness -- You are not helping me!? -- Pediatrics : little people, big problems -- "You have to save my little girl" : crisis in the intensive care unit -- Ethical dilemmas in medicine : or are they? -- It's all in your head : patients seeking medical solutions to non-medical problems.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
The Bright Side and the Dark Side of Patient Empowerment : Co-creation and Co-destruction of Value in the Healthcare Environment
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41831
Rocco Palumbo.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
Patient empowerment as a key component in the future of healthcare systems is the focus of this concise in-depth analysis. It begins by defining patient empowerment as a collaborative partnership linking patients, providers, and systems, and examines the roles of health literacy, provider-patient and system-patient communication, and patient-centered care in the empowerment process. Models of positive and negative empowerment identify optimum conditions when patient and provider participate in …
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Palumbo, Rocco
- Responsibility
- Rocco Palumbo
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 85 pages) : 11 illus.
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in public health
- ISBN
- 9783319583440
- 9783319583433 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2192-3698
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Literacy
- Patients - psychology
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Abstract
- Patient empowerment as a key component in the future of healthcare systems is the focus of this concise in-depth analysis. It begins by defining patient empowerment as a collaborative partnership linking patients, providers, and systems, and examines the roles of health literacy, provider-patient and system-patient communication, and patient-centered care in the empowerment process. Models of positive and negative empowerment identify optimum conditions when patient and provider participate in service design and delivery as well as pitfalls and risks to patient and system when goals and input are mismatched. The book also translates concepts into practice with guidelines for empowerment strategies at the provider and organization levels to improve patient outcomes and system sustainability. Included in the coverage: Empowering healthcare organizations to empower patients; A re-design of the patient-provider partnership; Patient empowerment: a requisite for sustainability; The risks of value co-destruction in service systems; The need for enlightening and managing the dark side of patient empowerment; Disentangling the relationship between individual health literacy and patient empowerment. Straightforwardly written as a call for proactive change, The Bright Side and the Dark Side of Patient Empowerment is an illuminating text for scholars interested in patient empowerment and patient engagement, policymakers and managers operating in the healthcare field, and healthcare and social care providers.
- Contents
- 1. Contextualizing Patient Empowerment -- 2. The Bright Side of Patient Empowerment -- 3. The Dark Side of Patient Empowerment -- 4. The Role of Health Literacy in Empowering Patients.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Caring for lesbian and gay people : a clinical guide
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat21713
Peterkin, Allan.
--Toronto, ON:
University of Toronto Press
, 2003.
- Call Number
- WA 300 P479c 2003
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WA 300 P479c 2003
- Author
- Peterkin, Allan
- Other Authors
- Risdon, Cathy
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Date of Publication
- 2003
- Physical Description
- 378 p.
- ISBN
- 080208379X
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Homosexuality
- Primary Health Care
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Nova Scotia Hospital
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Communication in Cancer Care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28561
edited by Friedrich Stiefel.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer-Verlag
, c2006.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Stiefel, Friedrich
- Responsibility
- edited by Friedrich Stiefel
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Date of Publication
- c2006
- Series Vol.
- 168
- Series Title
- Recent results in cancer research
- ISBN
- 9783540307587
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Neoplasms - psychology
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Oncology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Communication skills for medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43999
Margaret Lloyd, Robert Bor.
(2nd ed.)
--Edinburgh, UK:
Churchill Livingstone
, c2004.
- Call Number
- W 62 L793c 2004
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- W 62 L793c 2004
- Author
- Lloyd, Margaret
- Other Authors
- Bor, Robert
- Responsibility
- Margaret Lloyd, Robert Bor
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh, UK
- Publisher
- Churchill Livingstone
- Date of Publication
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 202 p.
- ISBN
- 9780443074110
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Communication
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 1
Communication skills for medicine
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat53086
Margaret Lloyd, Robert Bor.
(2nd ed.)
--Edinburgh ; London:
Churchill Livingstone
, 2004.
- Call Number
- W 62 L793c 2004
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Call Number
- W 62 L793c 2004
- Author
- Lloyd, Margaret
- Other Authors
- Bor, Robert
- Responsibility
- Margaret Lloyd, Robert Bor
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh ; London
- Publisher
- Churchill Livingstone
- Date of Publication
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 202 p. : ill.
- ISBN
- 443074119
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Communication
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
Complementary and Alternative Medicine : Ethics, the Patient, and the Physician
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28076
edited by Lois Snyder.
--Totowa, NJ:
Humana Press
, c2007.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Snyder, Lois
- Responsibility
- edited by Lois Snyder
- Place of Publication
- Totowa, NJ
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2007
- Series Title
- Biomedical Ethics Reviews
- ISBN
- 9781597453813
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Alternative medicine
- Medical ethics
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Critical decisions : how you and your doctor can make the right medical choices together
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat25725
Peter A. Ubel.
--New York:
HarperOne
, c2012.
- Call Number
- WB 102 U13c 2012
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
We've all been there, sitting uncomfortably in a paper gown as a doctor impassively describes our prognosis. Sometimes it's simple and treatable. Other times we get news we can't fathom and then are faced with decisions that are literally life and death. In this revolutionary book, physician, behavioral scientist, and bioethicist Peter Ubel, M.D., reveals how hidden dynamics in the doctor/patient relationship keep us and our loved ones from making the best medical choices. From doctors who str…
- Call Number
- WB 102 U13c 2012
- Author
- Ubel, Peter A
- Responsibility
- Peter A. Ubel
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 360 p.
- ISBN
- 9780062103826
- 9780062103826 (hbk)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Decision Making
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Patient Participation
- Abstract
- We've all been there, sitting uncomfortably in a paper gown as a doctor impassively describes our prognosis. Sometimes it's simple and treatable. Other times we get news we can't fathom and then are faced with decisions that are literally life and death. In this revolutionary book, physician, behavioral scientist, and bioethicist Peter Ubel, M.D., reveals how hidden dynamics in the doctor/patient relationship keep us and our loved ones from making the best medical choices. From doctors who struggle to explain, to patients who fail to properly listen, countless factors alter the course of our care, causing things to go seriously awry. With riveting stories of Ubel's own experience in the field, his groundbreaking research, and his personal journey walking loved ones through difficult treatment choices, Critical Decisions will forever change the way we communicate inside hospitals and medical offices, where thoughtful decision making matters the most.
- Contents
- Prologue: Who's in charge? -- Part I. The rise of the empowered patient -- Part II. Empowerment failure -- Part III. From empowerment to partnership -- Part IV. Learning to share.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Dickson Building
- Halifax Infirmary
- Copies
- 2
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
Developing cross-cultural competence : a guide for working with children and their families
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat22732
Lynch, Eleanor W.
(3rd ed.)
--Baltimore, MD:
Paul H. Brookes Pub.
, 2004.
- Call Number
- WA 300 D489 2004
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Call Number
- WA 300 D489 2004
- Author
- Lynch, Eleanor W
- Other Authors
- Hanson, Marci J
- Edition
- 3rd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, MD
- Publisher
- Paul H. Brookes Pub.
- Date of Publication
- 2004
- Physical Description
- 518 p.
- ISBN
- 1557667446
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cultural Competency
- Cultural Diversity
- Minority Groups
- Disabled Children
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Format
- Book
- Location
- Halifax Infirmary
- Loan Period
- 3 weeks
The Difficult Hair Loss Patient : Guide to Successful Management of Alopecia and Related Conditions
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39345
Ralph M. Trüeb.
(1st ed.)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2015.
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Location
- Online
You could read every textbook available on hair growth and disorders, and still not be able to treat hair loss effectively. In every art, there are many techniques, but few principles. The only way to achieve success is to have a firm foundation of principles to build upon, and the right attitude about how to achieve your goals. This book offers a detailed guide that goes beyond the technical aspects of trichology and evidence based medicine, providing specialists and primary care physicians ex…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Author
- Trüeb, Ralph M
- Responsibility
- Ralph M. Trüeb
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 331 p. : 128 illus., 121 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319197012
- 9783319197005 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Alopecia - therapy
- Mental Disorders
- Patients - psychology
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Abstract
- You could read every textbook available on hair growth and disorders, and still not be able to treat hair loss effectively. In every art, there are many techniques, but few principles. The only way to achieve success is to have a firm foundation of principles to build upon, and the right attitude about how to achieve your goals. This book offers a detailed guide that goes beyond the technical aspects of trichology and evidence based medicine, providing specialists and primary care physicians experienced in the basic management of hair loss with the additional know-how they need to master the ultimate challenge of difficult hair loss patients. First, the prerequisites for successful management of hair loss are reviewed--basically, making a diagnosis and understanding the patient and his or her problem. Then, guidelines on the management of difficult dermatologic conditions and of psychopathological disorders associated with hair loss are provided. Lastly, important aspects of follow-up are covered, specifically the problems of adverse effects, patient non-compliance, and their management, before concluding with exemplary case studies of successful treatment of alopecia and related conditions.
- Contents
- Introduction: Defining the Difficult Hair Loss Patient -- Prerequisites for Successful Management of Hair Loss -- Patient Expectation Management -- The Difficult Dermatologic Condition -- Psychopathological Disorders -- Tackling Side-Effects -- Patient Non Compliance -- Optimizing Therapy Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine -- Exemplary Case Studies of Successful Treatments -- Epilogue: Faith Healing.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Distracted Doctoring : Returning to Patient-Centered Care in the Digital Age
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41603
Peter J. Papadakos, Stephen Bertman, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, 2017.
- Available Online
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- Location
- Online
Examining-room computers require doctors to record detailed data about their patients, yet reduce the time clinicians can spend listening attentively to the very people they are trying to help. This book presents original essays by distinguished experts in their fields, addressing this critical problem and making an urgent case for reform, because while electronic technology has revolutionized the practice of medicine, it also poses a unique challenge to health care. Smartphones in the hands of…
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- Other Authors
- Papadakos, Peter J.
- Bertman, Stephen
- Responsibility
- Peter J. Papadakos, Stephen Bertman, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 260 pages) : 17 illus., 14 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319487076
- 9783319487069 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Attentional Bias
- Physician Impairment
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Physicians - psychology
- Abstract
- Examining-room computers require doctors to record detailed data about their patients, yet reduce the time clinicians can spend listening attentively to the very people they are trying to help. This book presents original essays by distinguished experts in their fields, addressing this critical problem and making an urgent case for reform, because while electronic technology has revolutionized the practice of medicine, it also poses a unique challenge to health care. Smartphones in the hands of doctors and nurses have become dangerously seductive devices that can endanger their patients. Distracted Doctoring is written for anesthesiologists and surgeons, as well as general practitioners, nurses, and health care administrators and students. Chapters include Electronic Challenges to Patient Safety and Care; Distraction, Disengagement, and the Purpose of Medicine; and Managing Distractions through Advocacy, Education, and Change.
- Contents
- Foreword: "First, Do No Harm" -- 1. Introduction: The Problem of Distracted Doctoring -- 2. Medicine Enters the Computer Age -- 3. Electronic Challenges to Patient Safety and Care -- 4. The Problem of Electronic Addiction -- 5. A Note to My Doctor: Lessons from Fifty Years of Distracted Driving Research -- 6. Distraction, Disengagement, and the Purpose of Medicine -- 7. Taking Time to Truly Listen to Our Patients -- 8. When It Comes to the Physician-Patient-Computer Relationship, the "Eyes" Have It -- 9. The Impact of EMRs on Communication within the Doctor-Patient Relationship -- 10. Physician Dissatisfaction, Stress, and their Impact on Patient Safety -- 11. Distractions in the Operating Room -- 12. Risk Reduction and Vigilance in Anesthesia -- 13. Managing Distractions through Advocacy, Education, and Change -- 14. Electronic Devices as Potential Sources of Biological Contamination -- 15. Digital Distraction and Legal Risk -- 16. Electronic Etiquette: A Curriculum for Health Professionals -- 17. Mindful Practitioners, Mindful Teams, and Mindful Organizations: Attending to the Core Tasks of Medicine -- Afterword: Physician, Heal Thyself.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Diversity and Inclusion in Quality Patient Care
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39891
Marcus L. Martin, Sheryl L. Heron, Lisa Moreno-Walton, Anna Walker Jones, editors.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
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- Location
- Online
No other hospital department cares for patients as diverse as those who come to the Emergency Department (ED). These patients encompass all stages and positions of life and health. Many belong to distinct minority cultures defined by the patient's sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, spirituality, language, race, and ethnicity. It has been well documented that minorities experience inadequate emergency treatment and face poorer healthcare outcomes. Furthermore, research has estab…
- Available Online
- View e-Book
- Responsibility
- Marcus L. Martin, Sheryl L. Heron, Lisa Moreno-Walton, Anna Walker Jones, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 293 p.) : 3 illus.
- ISBN
- 9783319228402
- 9783319228396 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Healthcare Disparities
- Quality of Health Care
- Cultural Competency
- Ethnic Groups
- Minority Groups
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Specialty
- Minority Health
- Patient Care
- Abstract
- No other hospital department cares for patients as diverse as those who come to the Emergency Department (ED). These patients encompass all stages and positions of life and health. Many belong to distinct minority cultures defined by the patient's sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, spirituality, language, race, and ethnicity. It has been well documented that minorities experience inadequate emergency treatment and face poorer healthcare outcomes. Furthermore, research has established that the elderly, ethnic minorities, the poor, and persons with Medicaid coverage are more likely than other people to utilize the emergency department rather than primary care services. With the passage of the Affordable Care Act, particularly the Medicaid expansion, EDs across the United States are poised to care for an unprecedented number of underserved minorities. The need to equip emergency healthcare professionals to practice medicine that is culturally competent in the broadest possible sense has never been greater. Diversity and Inclusion in Quality Patient Care aims to fill this need.
- Contents
- Defining Diversity in Quality Care -- Racial/Ethnic Healthcare Disparities and Inequities: Historical Perspectives -- Educating Medical Professionals to Deliver Quality Health Care to Diverse Patient Populations -- Culturally Competent Faculty -- Culturally Sensitive Care: A Review of Models & Educational Methods -- Interpreter Services -- The Patient-Physician Clinical Encounter -- Spiritual Care Services in Emergency Medicine -- Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual (LGB): Caring with Quality and Compassion -- Culturally Competent Care of the Transgender Patient -- Looking Past Labels: Effective Care of the Psychiatric Patient -- Disability and Access -- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Emergency Department: A Public Health Perspective -- Vulnerable Populations: The Homeless and Incarcerated -- Vulnerable Populations: The Elderly -- Vulnerable Populations: Children -- Religio-cultural Consideration When Providing Healthcare to American Muslims -- Disparities and Diversity in Biomedical Research -- Cultural Competency Case Studies: Transitional Introduction -- Case 1: African-American Infant and Family -- Case 2: Cambodian Refugee -- Case 3: Sickle Cell Crisis -- Case 4: Mongolian Spots -- Case 5: Death Disclosure -- Case 6: Coin Rubbing -- Case 7: Toxic Ingestion -- Case 8: Adolescent Indian Male Sikh -- Case 9: Intimate Partner Violence in the Gay Community -- Case 10: West Indian/Caribbean -- Case 11: American Indian -- Case 12: Spiritualism in the Latino Community -- Case 13: Islamic Patient -- Case 14: Pediatric Pain.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Doctor and patient
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat54719
Mitchell, S. Weir.
--Philadelphia, PA:
Lippincott
, 1888.
- Call Number
- W7 M682 1888 RES Historical Collection
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Sub-Location
- RESERVE - Historical Collection
- Call Number
- W7 M682 1888 RES Historical Collection
- Author
- Mitchell, S. Weir
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Date of Publication
- 1888
- Physical Description
- 177 p.
- Series Title
- Classics of medicine library, The
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Physician-Patient Relations
- Women's Health
- Medicine
- Physicians
- Notes
- This special edition of Doctor and Patient by S. Weir Mitchell has been privately printed for the members of the Classics of Medicine Library.
- Format
- Book
- Location
- IWK Health Sciences Library
- Sub-Location
- RESERVE - Historical Collection
- Copies
- 1
- Loan Period
- 2 weeks
