The Practice of Patient Education, 9th Edition By Barbara Klug Redman A comprehensive classic textbook of patient education. The first half of the text provides skills on teaching patients, and learning and understanding theory, and the other half addresses the various fields of practice in patient education. Paperback | 314 pages | ISBN 0-323-01279-5         Communicating with Today's Patient: Essentials to Save Time, Decrease Risk, and Increase Patient Compliance By Joanne Desmond, Lanny R. Copeland Drawing on the author's wealth of experience in health care communications and backed up by solid research, Communicating with Today's Patient is filled with proven techniques and time-tested strategies physicians and other clinicians can immediately put into action. Paperback | 265 pages | ISBN 0-787-94797-0   Nurse's Handbook of Patient Education By Shirin Fali Pestonjee This how-to book offers nurses a way of providing patients with the information they need. The first section focuses on how to teach patients, including planning objectives and teaching plans. The second part, organised by body system, covers essential information for particular diagnoses. Spiral-bound | 274 pages | ISBN 1-582-55018-2         Therapeutic Interaction in Nursing By Christine Williams, Carol M Davis Nurses communicate with a diverse client group in their everyday practice. Each day is fraught with communication challenges from a patient, a family member, a colleague, or a supervisor. Excellence in nursing care requires the ability to instantly respond to an emotion-charged moment with a therapeutic use of one's self, by way of effective verbal and non-verbal communication. Paperback | 110 pages | ISBN 1-556-42579-1      Transcultural Communication In Nursing, 2nd Edition By Cora Munoz, Joan Luckmann Transcultural Communication in Nursing, Second Edition, is designed to help students and practicing professionals increase their self-awareness by recognizing possible biases and becoming more sensitive to cultural differences. Paperback | 384 pages | ISBN 0-766-84877-9   Education for Patients and Clients By Vivien E. Coates Education for Patients & Clients sets out basic principles for providing patient education as an integral part of nursing care in all settings. The author challenges the view that simply giving information is enough and investigates strategies for making education as effective as possible. Hardcover | 224 pages | ISBN 0-415-14849-9 No Time to Teach? A Nurse's Guide to Patient and Family Education By Fran London, C. J. Miller Teaching is one of the most valuable services nurses provide to patients and families. But whether in the hospital, clinic, home, or long-term care facility, other tasks and responsibilities often compete for nurses' time. Highly readable, direct, and concise, No Time to Teach? A Nurse's Guide to Patient and Family Education offers today's nurses useful, everyday information to apply to real-life nursing situations. Paperback | 434 pages | ISBN 0-781-71644-6   Effective Interaction with Patients, 2nd Edition By Ann Faulkner Communicating effectively with patients remains a very difficult area for nurses, doctors, OTs - in fact all health care professionals. It is a skill which is now routinely taught in nursing and allied health courses, at student and practitioner levels, and has even entered the medical curriculum! Paperback | 205 pages | ISBN 0-443-05876-8   Communication: The Key to the Therapeutic Relationship By Pamela McHugh Schuster Using examples from observations of nursing student/staff-patient interactions in clinical settings, Schuster fosters therapeutic communication and patient education techniques through consideration of factors shaping reactions to the stresses of illness. Paperback | 267 pages | ISBN 0-803-60469-6   Mosby's Handbook of Patient Teaching, 2nd Edition By Mary M. Canobbio Thoroughly revised and updated, MOSBY'S HANDBOOK OF PATIENT TEACHING is a comprehensive resource of information for patient teaching, covering more than 200 major diseases, disorders, and procedures. Topics are arranged alphabetically with colored tabs for easy access. Paperback | 822 pages | ISBN 0-323-01103-9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8