Understanding Human Behavior: A Guide for Health Care Professionals

Honeycutt, Alyson; Milliken, Mary

ISBN 10: 1305959884 / ISBN 13: 9781305959880

Verlag: Cengage Learning (edition 9), 2017

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Understanding Human Behavior: A Guide for Health Care Professionals
• Verlag: Cengage Learning (edition 9)
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1305959884
• ISBN-13: 9781305959880
• Einband: Paperback
• Auflage: 9.
• Zustand: Very Good

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Inhaltsangabe

Empowering you as a future health care professional, UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 9e, delivers reliable, practical information that equips you with a solid understanding of basic psychological concepts from a health care perspective. Updated with the latest industry trends and examples, the text offers streamlined coverage that spans a broad but valuable range of important mental health topics -- as well as their implications for you as a health care professional. It includes new coverage of cultural bias and cultural competence; developmental disorders; trauma-informed care; drug use in the U.S.; alternative, complementary, and integrative medicine; stress-management techniques; and much more. Presenting both client and caregiver perspectives, this powerful resource explores the behaviors, emotions, and coping mechanisms you may encounter in a variety of health care situations and settings. Practical examples and activities help you apply what you learn to real-world scenarios.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Alyson Honeycutt, M.A., N.C.C., is a National Certified Counselor and licensed school counselor. She holds advanced degrees from North Carolina State University and Appalachian State University and has taught parenting and literacy classes as well as teaching students with learning, emotional and behavioral disabilities. She has also served as an English instructor at the college level and as a district-level behavior support coordinator in public schools. Alyson currently works as a health and wellness coach.

Mary Elizabeth Milliken, B.S.N., M.S., Ed.D., practiced nursing in a variety of settings, served as instructor, then coordinator, of a practical nursing education program, was curriculum specialist for health occupations in the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges, and was a consultant on curriculum and effective teaching. From 1971 to 1987 she served as coordinator of Health Occupations Teacher Education at the University of Georgia in Athens. She graduated from Duke University School of Nursing, and her graduate study at North Carolina State University at Raleigh concentrated on both education and psychology. Since 1974 Dr. Milliken has followed the emerging holistic health movement, attending numerous workshops and conferences in which holistic concepts and complementary healing modalities were presented. In addition, she completed the curriculum sequence and certification requirements of Healing Touch International, Inc.