Mind Your Language
The Power of Words in Patient Care
$63.74
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
21 April 2027
Summary
Our words and the way we choose to use them have a profound impact on patient outcomes and trust. Leading with honesty, kindness, and patient empowerment, this practical guide encourages healthcare professionals to harness the power of words to the advantage of our patients.
Many healthcare professionals are contending with factors outside of their control, such as challenging budgets, constrained time, and increasingly complex and chronic conditions. Using intentional language is mor…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399837064 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399837060 |
| Author: | Barbara Phipps, Carolyn Neeson |
| Publisher: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Imprint: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 21 April 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |

Barbara Phipps
Dr Barbara Phipps
Dr Barbara Phipps qualified from Nottingham University Medical School in 1997. She has over 29 years of experience working as a doctor in the UK NHS. After spending most of her career as a General Practitioner, she now works exclusively with people who experience long-term pain.
In 2019, Barbara developed a collaborative NHS and third-sector group programme for people living with chronic pain in Edinburgh. She continues to lead this programme alongside colleagues from Health All Round, a community health charity. She also works clinically within the NHS Borders Chronic Pain Service.
Alongside her clinical work, Barbara teaches within undergraduate and postgraduate medicine at The University of Edinburgh. She is a Fellow of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.
Carolyn Neeson
Carolyn Neeson has been a Chartered Physiotherapist for over 20 years, working across various specialties within the NHS. She has specialised in working with people living with complex and long term conditions, including persistent pain, for over 10 years and runs her own private clinic on the outskirts of Glasgow.
Carolyn also teaches at the University of Edinburgh’s Medical School as well as working as an Expert Witness in clinical negligence and catastrophic/complex injury cases.
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