(BQ) Part 2 book "Psychology for health professionals" has contents: Partnerships in health, stress and coping, loss, pain, health promotion, responses to loss, the biopsychosocial model of pain,. and other contents. | Chapter 9 Partnerships in health DEB O’KANE Learning objectives The material in this chapter will help you to: ■ ■ understand the dynamics of health professional–client partnerships understand the issues in client engagement with treatment appreciate the importance of involving clients in their own care gain insight into differences in treatment expectations between health professionals from different cultural backgrounds ■ understand how effective partnerships impact on working with people who have chronic illness, disability or complex health issues ■ appreciate the interplay between clients’ and health professionals’ attitudes and backgrounds in the clinical setting and the influence of these and environmental factors on successful treatment outcomes. ■ ■ Key terms ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Partnership Compliance, concordance and adherence Client-centred practice Empathy Recovery Biomedical Chronic illness Health locus of control Collaborative practice 201 PSYCHOLOGY FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Introduction The title of this chapter takes for granted the fact that the health professional–client relationship requires involvement of at least two people. Those two people may encounter each other in a variety of settings: in a busy acute surgical ward; in an outpatient or emergency department; in the client’s own home or practice rooms; in a community health centre; or in an ambulance to give only some examples. Whatever the setting, something is happening: an encounter between two human beings, both with varying agendas, needs, attitudes and feelings. As already discussed in Chapter 8, communication is essential to establish and maintain personal and professional relationships, from our own family and friends to the colleagues we work with or clients and families in our care. In clinical practice, it remains the responsibility of health professionals to initiate and maintain a working relationship with their clients and team members. This may prove
