Understanding human behavior : a guide for health care providers / Alyson Honeycut [sic], and Mary Elizabeth Milliken.

Milliken's name appears first on previous edition.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

On Becoming a Health Care Provider -- Challenges and Responsibilities of Health Care Providers -- The Philosophy of Individual Worth -- Striving for Self-Understanding -- Striving to Understand Human Behavior -- Influences on Behavior -- Physical Needs -- The Need for Self-Approval -- The Need for Acceptance -- Emotions and Behavior -- Adjustment and Patterns of Behavior -- Behavior and Problems in Living -- Common Threats to Adjustment -- Effects of Traumatic Events -- Defense Mechanisms -- Inner Conflict -- Frustration -- Becoming an Effective Health Care Provider -- Effects of Illness on Behavior -- Coping with Patient Behavior -- Human Relations and the Health Care Provider -- Practicing Effective Communication -- Observing Nonverbal Behavior -- Verbal Communication -- Coping with Loss -- Gains and Losses throughout the Life Span -- Death: Changing Attitudes and Practices -- Grief and Bereavement -- Caring for the Dying Person -- Trends in Health Care -- Healt Care Through the Ages -- What Is Healing? Who Is the Healer? -- Broadening Your View of Health Care -- Managing Stress with Relaxation/Meditation.