Management of the Perceived Difficult Patient

ISBN-13: 9783848417070 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str.

Chidozie Mbada; Adesola Adebowale

Opis

About one-sixth of patient encounters are perceived by clinicians as involving "difficult patients. These patients often require special attention because their care is very complex and have ethical pitfalls. There are fewer studies on the difficult patient encounter in physiotherapy practice as opposed to other health professions such as medicine and nursing. However, behavioural problems of patients and patient satisfactions are some of the areas physiotherapists have found very difficult. This book presents a study on physiotherapists perception and strategies for the management of the difficult patient.

O autorze

Chidozie E. Mbada is a lecturer at the Department ofMedical Rehabilitation, Obafemi Awolowo University(OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He is currently a PhD candidateat the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and a fellow ofthe African Doctoral and Dissertation ResearchFellowship, Kenya. Adesola Adebowale is a researcher inMedical Rehabilition at the OAU.