Communication competence within dietetics: Dietitians' and clients' views about the unspoken dialogue - The impact of personal presentation

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 504-510

  Cant, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietetics; Dress style; Nonverbal communication; Professional communication; Qualitative and quantitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLOTHING; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETITIAN ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL IMAGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONALISM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLOTHING; DATA COLLECTION; DIETETICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 70450211289     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2009.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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