Exploring dietitians' verbal and nonverbal communication skills for effective dietitian-patient communication

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 502-511

  Cant, R P ^a   Aroni, R A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Dietetic education; Non verbal professional communication; Nutrition education; Professional communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COUNSELING; DIETITIAN; DIETITIAN PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRIANGULATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DIETETICS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 51649111732     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2008.00883.x     Document Type: Article

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