Ayşegül Bayramoğlu, Ayşegül Savci, Ayşegül Unutkan, Bahar Çelik, Burcu Yüksel, Büşra Arık, Çiğdem Ökten, Deniz Akkaya, Derya Şayır, Didem Çevik, Dilek Doruk Kondakcı, Emel Cihan, Emel Elem, Emel Sezici, Emine Güdek Seferoğlu, Esra Karabulut, Figen Vural, Güller Şahin, Halime Uğur, Havva Gezgin Yazıcı, İmran Boylu Gülek, Kevser Karacabay, Lütfiye Akkurt, Melike Ertem, Mustafa Karataş, Nalan Bostan Akmeşe, Nigar Çelik, Sercan Mansuroğlu, Sevinç Tüysüz, Sultan Güçlü, Veli Şahnalı
Communication is an indispensable part of life, which is at the heart of any human relationship. Every individual deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. Based on this fact, therapeutic communication is an effective and empathetic communication method, where personal space, privacy, confidentiality and trust are provided, information meets compassion, which can be used to increase the delivery/quality of health services and to increase patient/client satisfaction. Health professionals should know how to communicate with patients/clients and their relatives while evaluating patients/clients; It is very important for the individuals with whom they communicate to realize that they are also human beings with their own values and feelings. This book will be a guide for healthcare professionals and students, who are future healthcare professionals, to develop their therapeutic communication skills by approaching their patients/clients with a holistic perspective.