Communicate. Care. Cure- Guide to Healthcare Communication launched

Bangalore: While the doctors, on one hand, complaining of rising violence by patients attendants and the patients, on the other hand, accusing doctors of cheating as well as negligence at various cases, the role of good communication in the doctor-patient relationship is now larger than ever.

"Should I warn my patients against all the adverse consequences even if I believe that he/she is undergoing a safe surgery?"; "Does that amount to scaring patients?"; "What if out of fear patient runs way to another doctor?"; "What if he/she sues me is something goes wrong?"-- These are a variety of questions that go in the minds of doctors; the answers to which can be found in the latest edition of Communicate. Care. Cure-- A Guide to Healthcare Communication edited by Dr Alexander Thomas.

This book is the third such edition focusing on the importance of healthcare communication. Communicate. Care. Cure. A Guide to Healthcare Communication was written to improve communication within the healthcare sector. The first edition, released in 2012, was the first of its kind in India. The second edition was released 4 years ago.

After the books were released, major transformative amendments within the healthcare sector were introduced: the inclusion of communication as a stand-alone criterion in the accreditation standards of the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Organisations (NABH), the introduction of communication into the medical curriculum by the Medical Council of India (MCI), and the introduction of communication in postgraduate medical education by the National Board of Examinations (NBE).