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Medicine - Additional
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MEDICINE - ADDITIONAL
Demonstrate familiarity with:
Problems faced by patients & relatives in coping with illness
* It is important to deal with the illness on a physical, emotional & spiritual level.
Compliance with Rx
* Problems identified as causing failure of adherence to clinical advice:
o No named doctor being in charge of patients care.
o No named nurse being in charge of patients care.
o Being in pain most or all of the time.
o Not being told on discharge when to resume their normal activities.
* Factors in communication which improve patients' adherence to clinical advice:
o Clinician understands the patient.
o Clinician's tone of voice.
o Clinician elicits all the patient's health concerns.
o Patient is comfortable asking questions.
o Patient perceives that sufficient time is spent with the clinician.
* Health outcomes depend on the extent to which patients adhere to their clinical advice.
* Correctable factors are all matters of communication: letting patients know why their Rx is being given & what benefits they stand to gain, what pros & cons there may be, what options exist,
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