Communication, Technology, and Advanced Care Planning: Considerations for Patients Who Are Communication Vulnerable
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Communication between patients and healthcare providers is essential for optimal care, empowerment of patients, and improved outcomes. Communication methods should effectively incorporate needs and preferences of patients and healthcare professionals. This article adds information to the literature about communication, being without voice or being communication vulnerable, technology, advanced care planning, and caring as an underlying theory that could be utilized with health informatics.
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Authors
Rebecca Koszalinski, PhD, RN, CCRN, CMSRN, HT (ASCP)
Sadie Hutson, PhD, RN, WHNP, BC
Jennifer Darby, BSN, RN
Kari Self, MSN, RN
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