Communication And Human Communication : The Importance Of Communication

Communication is incredibly important, it underpins any professional relationship with a patient. In any given specialty there is a need for good communication and there is an increasing emphasis placed on communication skills during undergraduate training programmes (both medical and nursing) however it is especially important within palliative medicine where patients are going through massive life changing events, often facing frightening times ahead in their not distant futures. Patients will have their own thoughts and agendas when entering a consultation and it is important to illicit what this is and to establish their own ideas, concerns and expectations as well as considering how much information they would like to receive from the professional.

Communication is so important in a healthcare and social care setting for a number of reasons. The patient and the healthcare professional need to understand each other clearly in order for the patient to receive the best possible

This form of communication is developing every day with new inventions and ideas that are created to try and make things easier and more efficient for patients and staff. This communication is very important in the health care field. Using technology and internet can be a big help it is a quick and easy way to transfer information about patients to other doctors or staff. There can be issues with sending private information and files over the internet such as the chance that information can get into the wrong hands. If that happens then the patients’ privacy has been breached. When using email always use formal wording and never use slang, it is unprofessional and it can be misinterpreted. You also have to make sure you use this form of communication in the correct way e.g. you would not email one of your patients to let them know they are terminally ill as this would be the wrong type of communication and very unprofessional. In this report I have explained the importance of effective communication. The four methods that I have discussed are written communication, non verbal, verbal and computerized. From this report it has allowed me to understand how important effective communication is within health care and that if the correct communication is not given it can really have disastrous effects on patients in many

How we communicate effects everything we do. Whether talking to patients and family members, speaking in a team meeting, or talking with our children’s teacher at a conference, communication is how we learn information, teach information and express our concerns. With this paper I will discuss; the definitions of healthcare communication, the relevancy of effective personal healthcare communication with other healthcare professionals, clients, and patients, the relevancy of effective professional healthcare

Effective communication among nurse and patient/family can improve care and relieve suffering. The diagnosis and treatment for cancer is a major challenge and it affects all aspects of life. By therapeutic communication, providing information, encouraging optimistic outlook, teaching how to reduce stress patient care will have better outcomes. (Yarbro, Wujchik, & Gobel,  2010).

“Extensive research has shown that no matter how knowledgeable a clinician might be, if he or she is not able to open good communication with the patient, he or she may be of no help” (Asnani, MR. 2009). Effective communication plays a big role in healthcare and contributes to the quality of patient care and teamwork.

The author used the only way in which he could communicate to present his central theme which was communication. The book presents two ways in which a health-care provider can communicate with his/her patient. These two ways are vastly differing and represent opposite ends of the spectrum in which a health-care provider can communicate. The ways in which these communication styles are perceived by the patient is communicated within the book. The way in which the patient views his condition is influenced by the method in which the healthcare provider communicates with him. The author did a superb job of presenting his point that communication is a means to influence an individual’s outlook no matter how bleak the outcome appears.

Dr. Neha Sangwan, a physician, explains how the inability to communicate can elevate one’s stress levels, and negatively impact one’s health in her TEDTalk in Berkeley, California on February 26th of 2012. She shares her personal journey and how her patients led her to make this amazing discovery. When a Saudi Arabian physician asked her, “how is it that your country has come to believe that a pill can cure an ailment of the soul?”, Dr. Sangwan stated thinking about the important of communication in health care. Dr. Sangwan’s goal is to connect communication and health together, in order to understand and help people. Dr. Sangwan stresses that, “what if communication is the cure that were missing?”(2012). She states that maybe if we listen to our needs, lean into them, and communicate with our loved ones, we may not need a prescription for our health after all (Sangwan, 2012).

Communication is arguably the most important skill I will use over the course of my future nursing career. It is not enough to critically evaluate a disease process, but the psyche of the patient and family must be considered regularly. To adequately assess any situation and ensure a more positive experience, effective communication lines must be established.

H what problems with communication he saw in his work. Here he acknowledged that communication in health care has two facets. First, he spoke about how busy working in the cardiac intensive care unit can be, as I’m sure you can imagine; as a result, he is not always able to give the families as much individual time and attention as he would like to.

Communication, in healthcare, is a multidimensional concept that involves patients, family members, and a health care team. There is a direct correlation with communication, improving a patient's well being, and quality of care. Adequate communication among physicians and their patients is an actively growing research topic. Results supplied by such studies have provided effective recommendations for oncologists and their team. These recommendations include the patient-physician relationship, how physicians utilize medical information, how physicians deal with patient emotions, physician self-management, and educational conferences designed to sharpen communication. Communication is important during each phase of cancer care.

Communication is a skill learned and developed overtime and is used to convey various information, express emotions, and desires. In the health field, it not only important to have a continual line of communication but also one that is effective. According to Brashers and Babrow (1996) “Communication in health and illness constitutes one of the most vital of human experiences” (p. 243). Health care communication requires careful study combined with the right approach and understanding.

I agree that miscommunication and breakdown in understanding can result in adverse effects and patient harm. Because much of medical care is really information management, this communication between treatment team members and the patient and patient’s family is a core component of health care—it is more than an adjunct or facilitator of health care (Schyve, 2007). Effective communication is communication that is comprehended by both participants; it is usually bidirectional between participants, and enables both participants to clarify the intended message. In the absence of comprehension, effective communication does not occur; when effective communication is absent, the provision of health care ends—or proceeds only with errors,

In collaborative medical communication, doctors talk to their patients as if they are peers. The patients are involved in every process; they communicate openly to discuss the patients’ health issues and concerns, and come to mutually satisfying decisions (p. 50). In traditional, provider-centered model of medical communication, there is a high power gap between providers and patients (p.50). The decision is usually decided by the doctors as it was generally understood that since they knew better, it was better to let them decided everything.

Working as a healthcare professional is very challenging as we have to give care to ill people who often are scared, frail and they have to trust in a difficult time of their life in someone that they don’t know. Even more challenging is when we as nurses have to look after dying patients. That’s why a very important skill for a healthcare professional is the “communication”.