Why Is Sensitive and Caring Support from Professionals Especially Important

question 85

Essay

Why is sensitive and caring support from professionals especially important?

Identify and manage incongruent verbal and nonverbal communication to improve patient understanding and compliance.

Acknowledge the diversity in patient backgrounds and how this influences communication preferences and needs.

Demonstrate the ability to use clarification and reflection techniques to better understand patient concerns and needs.

Appreciate the role of silence in communication and how it can be used effectively in patient care.

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Definitions:

Secondary Sex Characteristics

Physical features that emerge during puberty which are not directly involved in reproduction but distinguish the two sexes, such as breast development and facial hair.

Females

Females refer to the sex of a species that is typically associated with the production of ova (eggs) and, in many species, with certain primary and secondary sex characteristics.

Homosexuality

An orientation of sexuality identified by feeling romantic or sexually attracted to people of one's own gender.

Nature

The phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations.