Learning to talk with patients
Heavey, A.
British Journal of Hospital Medicine 39(5): 433-439
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0007-1064 PMID: 3382840 Document Number: 317905
This paper gives an overview of the issues involved when doctors and patients communicate and some of the training approaches developed by medical educators. Doctors are under pressure to improve their relationships with patients. Effective training in communication skills exists but is only erratically implemented in medical schools. What is required above all is recognition of its central importance in medical education at all levels.