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Communication: The Importance Of Doctor-Patient Communication

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Reem Khalid Al Zadjali
Student ID : 107114
12-10-2016

Doctor Patient Communication

Hospital and Community Attachment Course

Introduction
Productive doctor-patient communication is a fundamental unit of a good clinical outcome. It is essential in the delivery of an efficient and high-quality health care. As Hall et al once said, “Medicine is an art whose magic and creative ability have long been recognized as residing in the interpersonal aspects of patient-physician relationship”. Therefore, the doctor-patient communication is considered to be the heart of medicine, (Fong Ha J, 2010). It is simply a way of conveying and sharing information effectively and efficiently.
Components of the Doctor Patient Communication
The doctor-patient communication is a complex process that includes …show more content…

In medical practice, communication is considered to be a fundamental skill. Good and effective communication skills include a lot of soft skills. It is a two-way process in which there is a verbal exchange of information and knowledge between two parties or more. It also includes a non-verbal part, that is the body language, such as posture, voice tone, eye to eye contact, etc. (Traveline J, …show more content…

This will eventually lead to poor compliance and treatment failure and in some cases serious medical complications. In addition, patients’ dissatisfaction can lead to verbal and sometimes physical abuse of the health workers. The checklist below illustrates some of the barriers to the communication between doctors and their patients, (Cockburn J, 1999)

Strategies to Improve the Communication between the doctor and his

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