New Resources in the WLRC

New resources available for your use!

Topics: Setting up a new practice & professional communication. Numerous acquisitions provide practical information on setting up a new practice, such as:

• keeping the documentation in an optometric office under control , (A handbook for the ophthalmic practice by Pamela Miller),
• advising what policies and procedures need to be put in place, (Medical practice policies and procedures by Kathryn Moghadas)
• facing ethical and legal dilemmas in your practice, (Legal and ethical issues for health professionals (2^nd ed ) by George Pozgar)
• getting a running start --know what to important in a practice (Managing a practice: Where to begin by Practice Support Resources, Inc.).

As well, there are new resources on how to communicate professionally such as: .

• Taking the clinical history : Eliciting symptoms, knowing the patient, ethical foundations by William DeMyer writes about taking a patient’s history effectively
• A guide to ethical conduct for the helping professions (3^rd ed.) by Samuel Gladding, who talks about knowing your ethical responsibility when information is divulged.
• Ruth Hansten and Marilynn Jackson wrote Clinical delegation skills: A handbook for professional practice(4^th ed.), explaining that communication can be made effective when it starts with you.
• Doctors talking with patients/patients talking with doctors: Improving communication in medical visits (2^nd ed) by Debra Roter and Judith Hall detail the importance in professional exchanges between patient and medical expert.

Learn more about the new resources by staying tuned to the blog. For more information on the resources above, drop by the WLRC and check out our New Books shelf.