| Description |
xi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Adaptation -- Culture -- Group -- Threat -- Helping -- Communication -- Barriers to effective communication -- Therapeutic communication -- Learning -- Problem management |
| Summary |
In its second edition, Basic Concepts of Helping continues to make a statement about the nature of helping and the importance of professional helpers. The book will acquaint students with the concepts that are a basis for professional helping. It introduces the roles and responsibilities that are germane to all professional helpers by explaining those concepts that are essential to helping such as communication, group dynamics, adaptation, learning, and threat. Each new concept is introduced first in terms of common, everyday experiences, then it is placed in its professional context. This approach allows the reader to relate to the concept on a personal level before understanding its application in the professional setting. This expanded second edition contains new material on : research as a method of problem-solving, the principles of interviewing, written communication, and a historial perspective of the helping professions. The book, written by nurses, will be valuable to all who are beginning careers in the helping professions--including social workers, teachers, counselors, and clergy--to become better aware of their interactions with others and how these interactions affect the helping process. -- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Helping behavior.
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Holistic medicine -- Nurses' instruction
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Holistic medicine.
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Nurse and patient.
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Holistic Health.
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Nurse-Patient Relations.
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| Genre/Form |
Nurses Instruction.
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| Author |
Joseph, Dayle Hunt, 1945-
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| LC no. |
85013564 |
| ISBN |
0838505597 (paperback) |
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