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Learn how to recognize and overcome communication barriers with special patients such as the elderly, those with impairments, mental health issues, and low health literacy. Develop supportive relationships with terminally ill patients and caregivers.
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Communication with special patients DR/FATMA AL-THOUBAITY Surgical Consultant & Associate professor .KAUH.
Introduction • You need first to recognize patient with special communication needs. • Develop effective strategies to overcome these specific barriers.
Special communication needs • Old patients (learning,memory,attention,generation gap ,self-diagnosis and self-treatment. • Communication impairments (vision,speech,hearing and aphasia). • Terminally ill patients:need supportive relationships. • Patients with mental health problems. • Patients with low health literacy. • Caregivers.