Summary
Contents
Subject index
Communication is an essential skill for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals when delivering care to patients and their families. With its unique and practical approach, this new textbook will support students throughout the three years of their degree programme and on into practice, focussing on how to develop person-centredness and compassionate and collaborative care. Key features include: * students’ experiences and stories from service users and patients to help readers relate theory to practice * reflective exercises to help students think critically about their communication skills * learning objectives and chapter summaries for revision * interactive activities directly linked to the Values Exchange Community website
Communication Theory, Reflective and Ethical Practice in the ‘Swampy Lowlands’
Communication Theory, Reflective and Ethical Practice in the ‘Swampy Lowlands’
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, you will have developed an understanding of:
- the importance of communication theory
- communication, reflective and ethical practice
- communication theory that informs and enables reflection on ethical practice in healthcare.
Don’t forget to visit the Values Exchange website at http://sagecomms.vxcommunity.com for extra practice and revision activities.
Introduction
This final chapter points the reader to more advanced understandings of communication theory and its relationship with ethical practice. Modern healthcare with advanced technology can be wonderfully effective yet failures of care still persist. Where these problems arise, they can often be traced back to difficulties with human communicative interaction. Donald Schön (1983, ...
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