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Dying for a Chat

The Communication Breakdown Between Doctors and Patients

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Pub Date Nov 26 2012 | Archive Date Jul 29 2013

Description

Ranjana’s written about the problematic lack of good communication skills in healthcare professionals, highlighting how something so apparently simple can cause a serious lack of adequate care and unnecessary complications, and can even have fatal consequences. She highlights the types of problems that can occur through her own personal experience on hospital wards. She foreshadows this problem growing as ageing Baby Boomers greatly add to our elderly population. She is advocating that communication skills be entrenched in healthcare education, and taken as seriously as the latest medical science developments.

Ranjana’s written about the problematic lack of good communication skills in healthcare professionals, highlighting how something so apparently simple can cause a serious lack of adequate care and...


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