Non-Verbal Cues in Physician-Patient Communication

Sarita Manjari Prusti; Mousumi Dash; Rashmi Singh; Shibani Pattanayak; Swagatika Choudhury

doi:10.55524/ijirem.2022.9.2.12

Abstract

Communication in the health sector is dominated by non-verbal elements, which are an essential variable in doctor-patient relations. Besides helping to develop relationships, nonverbal communication gives clues about unseen fears and emotions, as well as confirming or contradicting spoken statements. Albeit less natural to comprehend, nonverbal correspondence continues in calm and can take numerous structures on the double, capacities on a less cognizant level, and communicates unconstrained signs. It is likewise the channel generally liable for communicating perspectives, sentiments and influence. Patients' and physicians' non-verbal communication is closely connected. Nonverbal signals in speech patterns, facial expressions, and body posture must be recognized and investigated by physicians. Not only this, but patients must also be conscious of their own non-verbal behaviour. A developing collection of exploration has connected physician’s nonverbal correspondence, (for example, eye contact, head gestures and signals, and voice position and tone) to the accompanying results: patient fulfilment, patient agreement, doctor discovery of passionate misery, and doctor misbehaviour guarantee history, in the course of the most recent 20 years. Thus, the present paper intends to identify the different types of non-verbal elements that appear to be dominant in physician-patient communication.

Keywords

Non-verbal Cues, Physician, Patient, Communication

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S. M. Prusti, M. Dash, R. Singh, S. Pattanayak, S. Choudhury, "Non-Verbal Cues in Physician-Patient Communication", International Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering & Management (IJIREM), Vol-9, Issue-2, Page No-91-94, 2022. Available from: https://doi.org/10.55524/ijirem.2022.9.2.12