San Diego, CA – 2015 – Patient-Provider Communication: Roles for Speech-Language Pathologists and Other Health Care Professionals presents timely information regarding effective patient-centered communication across a variety of health care settings. Speech-language pathologists, who serve the communication needs of children and adults, as well as professionals from medical and allied health fields will benefit from this valuable resource.
This text is particularly relevant because of changes in health care law and policy. It focuses on value-based care, patient engagement, and positive patient experiences that produce better outcomes. Authors describe evidence-based strategies that support communication vulnerable patients, including individuals who have difficulty speaking, hearing, understanding, seeing, reading, and writing, as well as patients whose challenges reflect limited health literacy, and/or differences in language, culture, religion, sexual orientation, and so on. Topics addressed include patient-provider communication in medical education, emergency and disaster scenarios, doctor's offices and clinics, adult and pediatric acute care settings, rehabilitation, long-term residential care, and hospice/palliative care situations.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Building Bridges to Effective Patient-Provider Communication
Chapter 2. Issues and Challenges in Advancing Effective Patient-Provider Communication
Chapter 3. Medical Education: Preparing Professionals to Enhance Communication Access in Health Care Settings
Chapter 4. Enhancing Communication in Outpatient Medical Clinic Visits
Chapter 5. Integrating Emergency and Disaster Resilience Into Your Everyday Practice
Chapter 6. Adult Acute and Intensive Care in Hospitals
Chapter 7. Pediatric Acute and Intensive Care in Hospitals
Chapter 8. Patient-Provider Communication in Rehabilitation Settings
Chapter 9. Residential Long-Term Care
Chapter 10. Enhancing Communication in Hospice Settings
Chapter 11. Making It Happen: Moving Toward Full Implementation
Book Details
Title: Patient-Provider Communication: Roles for Speech-Language Pathologists and Other Health Care Professionals Editors: Sarah W. Blackstone, David R. Beukelman, Kathryn M. Yorkston | Published: 4/30/2015 | ISBN: 978-1-59756-574-5 https://www.pluralpublishing.com/publication_cdca.htm
About The Editors
Sarah W. Blackstone, PhD, CCC-SLP, is president of Augmentative Communication, Inc. She has authored multiple texts in the augmentative and alternative communication field as well as articles in Augmentative Communication News and other publications. David R. Beukelman, PhD, CCC-SLP, is the Barkley Professor of Communication Disorders at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has served as director of research and education for the Communication Disorders Division, Munroe-Meyer Institute for Genetics and Rehabilitation at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Kathryn M. Yorkston, PhD, BC-ANCDS, is a professor of rehabilitation medicine and head of the speech pathology division within the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington Medical Center.
About Plural Publishing, Inc.
Plural Publishing produces leading academic, scientific and clinical publications in the fields of speech-language pathology, audiology, otolaryngology, and professional singing. Plural Publishing, Inc. aims to fill a space in the field of communication sciences and disorders with high-quality publications written by world-class experts in order to improve and enhance the knowledge base of each profession, from the classroom to clinical practice. Plural Publishing prioritizes the intellectual growth of the disciplines it serves and strives to improve and advance these fields through its publications. pluralpublishing.com | facebook.com/PluralPub | twitter.com/PluralPub | pinterest.com/PluralPub
