This video outlines twenty major claims from Dr. Vachon's textbook on the science of compassion, titled How Doctors Care: The Science of Compassionate and Balanced Caring in Medicine. Have any of you taken a CCIM class (Medical Counseling Skills, Spiritualities of Caring, Compassionate Care in Medicine, etc.)? If so, what was your biggest takeaway?
"Clinically excellent physicians consider the setting of private conversations with patients and families. Quiet rooms with tissues available and soothing artwork are ideal for anything requiring attention and sensitivity. In reality, so many critical conversations take place with only the protection of the flimsy hospital curtain, a furnishing that we sometimes forget has no magical soundproofing properties."
Read more of about the influence of physical space on the clinical encounter here on the CLOSLER website. In your mind, how does space impact patient-physician communication? Leave your thoughts in the comments below, or write a reflection to submit to our blog! |
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