Talking with your Older Patient

Comfort

This creative handbook focuses on health care perceptions in various ways (Views of clinicians, aging, and values about health). It creates an understanding of how to make older adults comfortable, how to develop therapeutic communication and addresses age associated changes by listing practical recommendations.

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