Table of Contents:
  • Creating a context of respect. Respect in the professional role
  • Professional relatedness built on respect
  • Professional boundaries guided by respect
  • Respectful interactions in the delivery of care. Respect for self in the professional role
  • Respect in a diverse society
  • Respect in the institutional settings of health care
  • Respect for the patient's situation. Respecting the patient's story
  • Respect for the patient's family and significant relationships
  • Respect through communication. Respectful interprofessional communication and collaboration
  • Respectful communication in an information age
  • Respectful interactions across the life span. Respectful interaction : working with newborns, infants, and children in the early years
  • Respectful interaction : working with school-age children and adolescents
  • Respectful interaction : working with adults
  • Respectful interaction : working with older adults
  • Some special challenges : creating a context of respect. Respectful interaction : when the patient is dying
  • Respectful interaction in complex situations.