Lecture 7

• How to communicate with patients and significant others

  Anna Forsberg, Lund University, Sweden

• Introduction

  This short session by Professor Anna Forsberg discusses useful phrases when communicating with patients and significant others. There are also phrases to avoid when interacting with patients and their relatives. The purpose of the session is to provide a toolbox for useful interactions in the clinical setting.
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  How to communicate with patients and significant others
  

  
  

• Suggested resources

• • Key communication skills and how to acquire them | The BMJ
  • Communication Skills in Patient-Doctor Interactions: Learning from Patient Complaints - ScienceDirect
  • Doctor-Patient Communication: A Review | Ochsner Journal