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PDF pending restorationKreps, Gary L. – 1985
Interpersonal communication plays an important role in health and health care. Five topic areas of problem-oriented interpersonal health communication research demonstrate this important role: lack of patient compliance, miscommunication and misinformation, insensitivity, unrealistic and unfulfilled expectations, and dissatisfaction. More…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Health Personnel
Download full textKreps, Gary L. – 1981
Since the elderly are a significant population of health care consumers, health care professionals should be trained to deliver health services to them as effectively and humanely as possible. While the primary tool for delivery of health care services to people is human communication, there is evidence that the communication between the providers…
Descriptors: Career Education, Communication Problems, Course Content, Geriatrics
Kreps, Gary L. – 1981
Communication is a key tool that health care professionals must use to identify the salient variables causing health complaints, to create strategies for health care treatments, and to elicit cooperation from health care colleagues and clients in the delivery of health care services. Communication specialists can help by applying speech…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Continuing Education, Health Personnel, Interpersonal Relationship
Kreps, Gary L. – 1981
One area of communication education that is ripe for growth is that of health communication, where human communication knowledge is adapted to the demands of health care practice. The development of interdisciplinary communication programs such as curricula in health communication can begin to bridge the gap in knowledge between different…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Communication Skills, Educational Needs, Health Education
Kreps, Gary L. – 1985
Selected on the basis of their clarity, comprehensiveness, and representativeness within the health communication field of study, the items in this annotated bibliography are intended for use by those wishing to develop health communication educational programs or conduct health communication research. The 42 titles deal with a variety of topics,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Counseling Techniques
Kreps, Gary L. – 1981
An approach to structuring and teaching health communication to health practitioners is presented in this paper. Following an introduction to the need for instruction in health communication, a general course description is provided, the course's purposes are discussed, and course goals are listed. The remainder of the paper contains descriptions…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Communication Skills, Course Content, Curriculum Development
