Talking to Children

Synopsis: Shows community paediatricians interviewing older primary school children. Extracts of the interviews are used to introduce the finer aspects of child and family interviewing. Looks at the skills of intervieweing: the form of question, reflecting back information, reinforcement and testing of answers. Notes the importance of messages of body language. Helps the viewer to be more readily able to engage a child and family and to feel more confident about obtaining information from them.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min.
Year of production: 1993
Availability: Hire
Sale; 1997 sale: £37.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Uses: Postgraduate doctors entering or involved in the care of children; SHOs, GP trainees and GPs responsible for child health survellance; other health professionals.
Subjects: Medical sciences
Keywords: children; doctor-patient relationships; medical interviewing; paediatric medicine

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