Interpersonal skills for the people professions : learning from practice / edited by Lindsey Neville. - Exeter : Reflect, 2009. - ix, 179 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Interpersonal skills are discussed in separate chapters for each professional field: education, police service, welfare work, community social work, mental health nursing, nursing, midwifery, general practice. In each chapter a professional is interviewed and asked the same questions, including, for instance: "What are the key skills that you use in your work with people?" and "Working with people can be very demanding. How do you care for yourself?"

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Human services personnel--Professional relationships.
Human services--Practice.
Social skills.
Interpersonal communication.

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