This helpful text is based on author's extensive review of human psychological traits and her clinical experiences in diverse healthcare settings for over 30 years. It's a guidebook that highlights several patient personalities and attitudes and its' effects on the formation and fostering of productive clinician-patient relationships. It provides both patients and clinicians with the needed tools for effective communication towards meaningful and rewarding clinician-patient relationships. This simple skill is the key for establishing trust and efficiency in healthcare delivery outcomes.
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Cynthia Salisbury
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for Nurses and Nurse Practitioners!
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2017
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This is a very informative book to read for both clinicians in practice and patients who may have many concerns about seeing a healthcare provider for the first time. Mrs. Aghanya has shown examples of many patients that clinicians encounter on a daily basis. With funny cartoon illustrations throughout the chapters to describe different patient personalities I thought that she did a very good job of giving her own personal examples and giving tips on how to handle these patients. I especially liked reading about an Opinionated Patient she had seen with an elevated blood pressure who was on Coumadin. This clinical scenario is very common in practice and the tip she used on how to handle this type of patient was very helpful.
I also think that this book would be very helpful for nursing/nurse practitioner students. It could be used as part of the curriculum for undergraduate/graduate school and as a tool for teachers to encourage students to give their own examples of patients that they will or have encountered.
I really enjoyed reading Mrs. Aghanya's book and I could relate to many of the scenarios she discussed as a clinician. This is a must read for all clinicians!
Cynthia Setoodeh RN, MSN, APN-C
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Bill Song
5.0 out of 5 stars A True Gem!
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2017
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I am a physician who has been in practice for over 20 years and I still found this book to be chock full of clinical pearls that I will definitely incorporate into my interations with patients. Ms Aghanya's insights about personality types and her witty and compassionate style made this book a pleasure to read. This book is a must read for anyone entering the healthcare profesiession as well as for seasoned clincians. Even lay people will find this book useful in understanding how clinicians tend to catagorize patients. In this age of limited time and resources, the proper clinician-patient relationship can make a world of difference. It's a fun read with lots of amusing cartoons, and you will definitely want to hold on to it as a reference.
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Marlissa Marques
5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and well researched topic by the author.. ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2017
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Insightful and well researched topic by the author.....this book is a must read for all NP students and any clinician who wants to refine the art of medicine in their practice. Mrs. Aghanya peels away, layer but layer, carefully and with exact precision as though she were dissecting the very complicated human mind in a lab. Make no mistake about it that ... this author delivers her message in simple and concise format .
This book is our next bible to decoding challenging patients!!! A must READ!!!
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lorena
4.0 out of 5 stars This was such a wonderful book Nonya
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2017
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This was such a wonderful book Nonya. Thank you for sharing some of your personal experiences as a patient and clinician. There are messages for all readers, especially a clinical student, or even a patient encounter with any clinician. I also enjoyed the cartoon figures for a nice contrast :) Your book was fun and informative. I really appreciate your care in writing this book. Thank you
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James M Dakis
5.0 out of 5 stars Book so valuable I bought one for the nurses I work with.
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2017
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After meeting Ms. Aghanya myself as a patient, I knew that she had a special gift for communicating with her patients. As she explains in her book, she not only has years of first-hand experience as a practitioner but learned as a patient as well, just how important proper communication and relationship building can be.
As I read her book, I learned a great deal about how I can better my relationship with my providers, as well as how I, as a hospital chaplain, can better interact with the patients who look to me as one of the members of their team of care providers. I strongly urge all healthcare providers as well as those who have found it difficult to develop trusting relationships with their providers to read this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully written must read!
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2017
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A must read for both patients and health care providers. It's provided needed information for an open trusting relationship between clinical- patient relationship. Simple Tips to developing a productive clinical- patient relationship is now on my favorite book list. As a healthcare provider myself it's a needed book that brings light to factors that hinder patient-clinical relationship and what both parties can do to improve communication effectively.
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LINDA
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read
Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2017
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Book was easy to understand because we all have been in that position. Author was very knowledgeable about the topic. I would recommend this book to everyone.
