Non-Verbal Communication

Paper Summary:

The paper focuses on the changes physicians are experiencing in their current practices, as they relate to the increasing importance of non-verbal communication and persuasion in the physician-patient relationship. The paper includes the writer's personal observations, experiences and point of view as they relate to non-verbal communication. The paper concludes with recommendations for enhancing the physician-patient relationship through non-verbal communications.

Outline:
Introduction
Lack of Non-Verbal Communication
The Importance of Non-Verbal Communication
Methods by which Physicians can Improve Non-Verbal Communication
Criticisms of Non-Verbal Communication in the Physician-Patient Relationship
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"In the past few decades, non-verbal communications in the physician-patient relationship have emerged as an important but often overlooked aspect within the medical field. The rapid pace of the medical field faced by medical professions has resulted in an almost dehumanizing of the profession's patients. A review of the literature in addition to my observations indicates that non-verbal communication and persuasion by the patient's physician can have a positive and lasting effect on the patient."

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