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Communication is an activity that involves oral speech, voice, tone, nonverbal body language, listening and more. It is a process for a mutual understanding to come at hand during interpersonal connections. A patient's communication with their healthcare team and vice versa, affects the outcome of their health.
The main purpose was to alleviate communication problems traced from the differences in communication styles between healthcare professionals. [2] SBAR was later adopted by many other health care organizations. It is among the most popular handover mnemonic systems in use. [5] It is now widely recommended in healthcare communication.
Active listening is a critical communication skill with significant applications in both healthcare and education. In healthcare, active listening enables practitioners to understand better patients’ concerns, including unspoken fears or expectations, which can lead to improved diagnoses, treatment adherence, and patient satisfaction.
Journal of Communication in Healthcare; Journal of Health Communication; R. Scott C. Ratzan; S. Safe listening
Proxemic communication deals with the ways that what is communicated in face-to-face conversations may go beyond the overt information being imparted. The communication may be influenced by the degree of proximity and by non-verbal signals including touch, and varies between different cultures.
Narrative communication is also being used in the medical context (called narrative medicine) to help healthcare providers get a more holistic view of their patients' lives, values, and preferences, which can improve the provider-patient relationship [7] and aid in medical decision making.
This shared understanding of each other's different backgrounds and ... including climatic differences, communication styles, and social customs. ... while Peru offers free or low-cost healthcare ...
The Journal of Communication in Healthcare: Strategies, Media, and Engagement in Global Health is a quarterly peer-reviewed healthcare journal covering the field of health communication across the intersecting fields of healthcare, public health, global health, and medicine.