Researchers in effective communication have identified five ways in which misunderstandings occur that are applicable to the health care setting. List these
1 . A provider can never fully know a client's thoughts, attitudes, and emotions, especially when the client is from a different cultural background. 2 . A provider must depend on verbal and nonverbal signals from the client to learn what the client believes about health and illness, and these signals may be ambiguous. 3 . A provider uses his or her own cultural understanding of communication to interpret verbal and nonverbal signals from the client, which may be inadequate for accurate deciphering of meaning in another cultural context. 4 . A provider's state of mind at any given time may bias interpretation of a client's behavior. 5 . There is no correlation between what a provider believes are correct interpretations of a client's signals or behaviors and the accuracy of the provider's belief.
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