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Attitudes and communication skills.

Hamidreza Mahboobi1, Tahereh Khorgoei, Keramat Allah Jahanshahi, Nazanin Sharif.   

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Year:  2011        PMID: 21897615      PMCID: PMC3159266          DOI: 10.4103/0973-6247.83269

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Asian J Transfus Sci        ISSN: 0973-6247


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Sir, We carefully read the review published by Chatterjee et al. in Issue 1.[1] The authors of this paper have explained the importance of medical communication skills in the field of medicine, especially in transfusion medicine. They have highlighted the need for education in medical communication skills for medical students as well as other professions in the field of medicine. This need will become more prominent when this fact is considered that medical students and people from other professions in the field of transfusion medicine have to communicate with people from two different spectra, ie, people who are referred to for blood donation and patients or their relatives who need blood. Each group has different needs and hence should be communicated with in different ways. The authors have highlighted the importance of medical communication skills education programs, but it must be noted that communication skills are to be learnt along with the medical curriculum as also in the classrooms and morning reports, clinics, and during the students’ communication with patients. Moreover, this education should not be limited to previously mentioned education programs of a workshop. Another important issue is that only communication skills do not guarantee the good effect of a doctor on people referred to blood banks. It completely depends on the doctor's attitude toward blood donation. A doctor with good communication skills but a negative attitude toward blood donation may have not a good effect on people. Therefore, the attitude toward blood donation should be evaluated carefully and efforts should be made to changes this, if necessary.
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1.  Medical communication skills training in the Indian setting: Need of the hour.

Authors:  Sanjoy Chatterjee; Nandita Choudhury
Journal:  Asian J Transfus Sci       Date:  2011-01
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