Respect in the Institutional Settings of Health Care
Chapter 2 Respect in the Institutional Settings of Health Care The VA Medical Center was wonderful and exactly what I needed, but, as I was repeatedly told while I was…
Respect for the Patient’s Significant Relationships
Chapter 7 Respect for the Patient’s Significant Relationships A special pattern of communication developed between Robin and Mark (her father) during his hospitalization. Each morning Mark phoned home to tell…
Respectful Interaction: Working with Newborns, Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
Chapter 14 Respectful Interaction Working with Newborns, Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers I mean, this is not, you know, a piece of machinery that . . . we want to make…
Respect for Yourself in Your Professional Capacity
Chapter 5 Respect for Yourself in Your Professional Capacity There were a few things that helped to restore my sense of equilibrium. The first was to make a conscious effort…
Respect for Challenges Facing Patients
Chapter 6 Respect for Challenges Facing Patients Ten years ago, if I were setting out to make a film about catastrophic illness and subsequent disability, I would not have cast…
Professional Relatedness Built on Respect
Chapter 10 Professional Relatedness Built on Respect Of course the questions had to do only with illness. By the time he was through, this young man would know all about…
Respectful Interaction: Working with Older Adults
Chapter 17 Respectful Interaction Working with Older Adults John Quincy Adams is well. But the house in which he lives at present is becoming dilapidated. It is tottering upon its…
Respect for Yourself during the Student Years
Chapter 4 Respect for Yourself during the Student Years “I’m a student nurse,” I began by way of introduction. “Could we sit down somewhere and talk?” Ann led the way…
Respectful Interaction when the Patient Is Dying
Chapter 12 Respectful Interaction when the Patient Is Dying The newspaper near his chair has a photo of a Boston baseball player who is smiling after pitching a shutout. Of…
Respectful Communication in an Information Age
Chapter 9 Respectful Communication in an Information Age After surgery last May, my first memory upon awakening in the ICU was a feeling as if I were choking on the…
