Healthcare Communication Using Personality Type: Patients Are Different! »

The importance of effective communication in health care both with patients and with other professionals, has long been acknowledged. However, most models assume that all the people with whom we communicate will react the same way - what works for one person will be equally good for another.
In Health Care Communication Using Personality Type, Susan A. Brock and Judy Allen contest this assumption. This groundbreaking text draws upon examples from everyday health care situations to demonstrate that the behaviour differences we all experience in others actually fit within a readily understandable framework (the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator). Using this knowledge, successful health professionals can learn to vary the way they approach patients, more effectively break bad news and encourage clients to follow clinical advice.

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A health care consultant and a psychologist advocate the use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to help health care professionals categorize patients and colleagues and present information to them in accordance with their preferences. Detailed coverage is given to breaking bad news and encouraging patients to take advice. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)