Welcome to the Global Bioethicist
Dr. Derrick Aarons MD, PhD, author of Vital Communications in Medicine, is the foremost Bioethicist in the English-speaking Caribbean. He has provided his expertise on complex bioethical issues and presented at international conferences in North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
Dr. Aarons is also the Convener and Founding President of the Bioethics Society of the English-speaking Caribbean, and he has lectured at several universities in North and Central America, and the Caribbean. He served as the Ethicist for the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), and is now an Independent Expert appointed by the Director-General of UNESCO to serve on the International Bioethics Committee [The IBC] of UNESCO.
Vital Communications in Medicine
By Dr. Derrick Aarons
The principles of communication to be found within this book are applicable to all human beings who may fall ill, and all who may have to care for those who are ill. All health care personnel have a vital role to play in communication in medicine and within the health care setting, and this communication occurs daily all over the world. So medical doctors and instructors, medical students, nurses, nursing instructors, nursing students, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physiotherapists, optometrists, psychologists, chiropodists, nutritionists, audiologists, occupational therapists, podiatrists, paramedics, dietitians, dental hygienists, speech therapists, medical technologists, acupuncturists, radiographers, and all members of the health care professions who interact with patients and their relatives, as well as members of the public who will at some time require health care – will benefit from reading, adopting, and actuating the principles and communicative methodology described and recommended in this book.
– Dr. Derrick E. Aarons, MD, PhD
