Effective communication is fostered through which of the following ingredients (select all that apply)?
a. Trust
b. Humility
c. Respect
d. Empathy
e. Sympathy
A, C, D
Trust, respect, and empathy are the three ingredients needed to create and foster effective com-munication.
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A. "Insurance reimbursement dictates the timing of the surgeries." B. "The eye with the poorer vision is at greatest risk for permanent damage if surgery is delayed." C. "If the eye with the best vision has surgery first, the intraocular pressure in the poorer eye could increase to the extent that permanent damage results." D. "The eye with the poorer vision undergoes surgery first so that if a complication arises in that eye, you will still have some vision in the better eye."