Understanding Human Behavior : A Guide for Health Care Providers
ISBN: 9781435486607 | 1435486609
Edition: 8thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 1/19/2011
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Readers have been trusting UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR for years to get the reliable, practical information they need to gain a solid understanding of basic psychological concepts from a health care perspective. This all-new eighth edition is no exception. Packed with expanded content and updated with current industry trends and examples, this resource retains the features that made previous editions so successful ? a concise size and focus that offers readers need-to-know information without overwhelming them, and an easy-to-read writing styl... MORE
| Preface | |
| On Becoming a Health Care Provider | |
| Challenges and Responsibilities of Health Care Providers | |
| The Philosophy of Individual Worth | |
| Striving for Self-Understanding | |
| Striving to Understand Human Behavior | |
| Influences on Behavior | |
| Physical Needs | |
| The Need for Self-Approval | |
| The Need for Acceptance | ... MORE |
| Emotions and Behavior | |
| Adjustment and Patterns of Behavior | |
| Behavior and Problems in Living | |
| Common Threats to Adjustment | |
| Effects of Traumatic Events | |
| Defense Mechanisms | |
| Inner Conflict | |
| Frustration | |
| Becoming an Effective Health Care Provider | |
| Effects of Illness on Behavior | |
| Coping with Patient Behavior | |
| Human Relations and the Health Care Provider | |
| Practicing Effective Communication | |
| Observing Nonverbal Behavior | |
| Verbal Communication | |
| Coping With Loss | |
| Gains and Losses throughout the Life Span | |
| Death: Changing Attitudes and Practices | |
| Grief and Bereavement | |
| Caring for the Dying Person | |
| Trends in Health Care | |
| Health Care through the Ages | |
| What is Healing? Who is the Healer? | |
| Broadening Your View of Health Care | |
| Managing Stress with Relaxation/Meditation | |
| Glossary | |
| Index | |
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