{"title":"Book Review: Coaching and Mentoring in Health and Social Care: The Essentials of Practice for Professionals and Organisations","authors":"D. Williamson","doi":"10.1177/183335830603500214","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The title of this book implies a health and human services focus, and the author is described as an 'experienced healthcare professional'; however the author provides very few examples of coaching and mentoring activities in this field. Although in this respect the title is misleading, the book is still a valuable guide to the development of mentor programs and the skills and activities involved in the coaching and mentoring process. Because of the overlapping definitions and interpretations of these terms the author uses the term 'coach-mentoring' throughout the publication. This book has seven chapters covering a variety of topics:","PeriodicalId":55068,"journal":{"name":"Health Information Management Journal","volume":"35 1","pages":"54 - 55"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7000,"publicationDate":"2006-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/183335830603500214","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Health Information Management Journal","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/183335830603500214","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The title of this book implies a health and human services focus, and the author is described as an 'experienced healthcare professional'; however the author provides very few examples of coaching and mentoring activities in this field. Although in this respect the title is misleading, the book is still a valuable guide to the development of mentor programs and the skills and activities involved in the coaching and mentoring process. Because of the overlapping definitions and interpretations of these terms the author uses the term 'coach-mentoring' throughout the publication. This book has seven chapters covering a variety of topics:
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The Health Information Management Journal (HIMJ) is the official peer-reviewed research journal of the Health Information Management Association of Australia (HIMAA).
HIMJ provides a forum for dissemination of original investigations and reviews covering a broad range of topics related to the management and communication of health information including: clinical and administrative health information systems at international, national, hospital and health practice levels; electronic health records; privacy and confidentiality; health classifications and terminologies; health systems, funding and resources management; consumer health informatics; public and population health information management; information technology implementation and evaluation and health information management education.