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Communication Across the Lifespan

Author: Susan Shaw, Ailsa Haxell and Terry Weblemoe  

Communication Across the Lifespan helps prepare students entering health, disability and related fields to engage effectively with people.

Communication Across the Lifespan equates human communication with stages of human development. It helps prepare students entering health, disability and related fields to engage effectively with people, by showing them how to modify their communication approaches to suit a person's age and life experiences.

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Communication Across the Lifespan helps prepare students entering health, disability and related fields to engage effectively with people.

Communication Across the Lifespan equates human communication with stages of human development. It helps prepare students entering health, disability and related fields to engage effectively with people, by showing them how to modify their communication approaches to suit a person's age and life experiences.

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Communication Across the Lifespan combines communication and lifespan development, in order to equip students entering health, disability and related fields with the skills they need to engage effectively with people of all ages and life experiences. The book gives a sound introduction to the essential concepts of therapeutic communication across the lifespan within the New Zealand environment, and is informed by current issues and debate, designed to encourage critical thinking and reflection. Health and wellness issues are covered from the perspective of patients and professionals which enable students to hear what patients say and to explore their own lived experience of health and illness.KEY FEATURESChapter overviews outline the topic that will be covered within each chapterKey terms that students will needCase studies illustrate theory working in practical situationsSummaries reiterate the main points of each chapter to help cement student learningReflection points refer back to key terms with questions for self-reflectionReview questions encourage students to drill down into more details about broad health and communication issues.

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About the Author

Susan Shaw, BN, MEd Admin (Hons), EdD, Dip Tchg (Primary), NZRGON. Susan has worked at AUT since 1992 and is currently Associate Dean and a director of the National Centre for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice (NCIPECP) within the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences.Ailsa Haxell, BA, MHSc (Hons), PGCertEd (Management), Dip Nursing. Ailsa is currently completing a PhD on change and the use of emergent technologies through Deakin University in Melbourne. Ailsa is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences at AUT.Terry Weblemoe, BA, MA, RN. Terry has had a lifelong interest in indigenous cultures and health, and has worked as a registered nurse in New York, Florida, and New Zealand. She has worked in various nursing and education roles and has been involved in several research projects with M?ori.

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Communication Across the Lifespan combines communication and lifespan development, in order to equip students entering health, disability and related fields with the skills they need to engage effectively with people of all ages and life experiences. The book gives a sound introduction to the essential concepts of therapeutic communication across the lifespan within the New Zealand environment, and is informed by current issues and debate, designed toencourage critical thinking and reflection. Health and wellness issues are covered from the perspective of patients and professionals which enable students to hear what patients say and to explore their own lived experience of health and illness.

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Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press Australia | OUP Australia and New Zealand
Published
6th February 2012
Pages
396
ISBN
9780195585148

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