Communication tips by Nursing on the Move.
Are you a professional or a pre-professional?
Do you use a second or foreign language at work?
Do you have a friend who speaks a foreign language at work or has a cultural background different from colleagues/customers?
Meta-communication literally means communication about communication. In doctor-patient communication, it usually refers to communication about how the consultation is going to proceed, and what is going to be discussed or done next. Both signposting and explicit highlighting (discussed in April and August) are forms of meta-communication.
Meta-communication may be verbal or nonverbal. You can explicitly state what you will do or talk about next (as in signposting), or you may communicate these intentions with nonverbal signals like eye contact, facial expression, or tone of voice (which we will discuss later).
In cases where communication has stalled or otherwise become difficult, you can use meta-communication to try to understand how the problem has come about, and how best to solve it or proceed in a new direction. Thus, meta-communication can also be used to prevent or solve conflicts with patients in the consultation.
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The medical consultation viewed as a value chain: A neurobehavioral approach to emotion regulation in doctor–patient interaction
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Beyond Informed Consent
Middle November 2016, New Haven, CT, USA
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Published in GI-Mail 11/2016 (English + German edition). Sign up for GI-Mail here. 
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