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NO PARTICULARS DETAILS
1 Communication 1) Doctors must have good communication skills:
a) Active listening
b) Empathy
c) Clear explanations
2) Positive attitude.
Encourage doctors to maintain a positive attitude
and display optimism in their interactions. Use a
lot of positive words.
1) Verbal:
a) Deals with the content of the message
including selection of the words
b) Course and prognosis of the disease, treatment
options, risk and benefit,
2) Non-verbal:
Component includes body language like posture,
gesture, facial expression, and spatial distance
3) Para-verbal:
Includes tone, pitch, pacing and volume of the
voice.