Assignment: Social Work
Post a description of the importance of patient-provider communication.
Be sure to address the relationship between patient-provider communications and illness outcomes.
Identify a minimum of three factors that might lead to poor patient-provider communications. Provide your rationale.
Explain the ways patient-provider communications might be improved.
Then, explain the role culture plays in patient-provider communications.
Finally, explain the roles of a social worker in assisting a patient to improve communications with other members of the health care team.
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.