The importance of communication between patient and doctor

Response 1 

As you explain in your post, trust between a physician and a patient is a critical issue in providing quality care. You notice from your post that a lack of proper communication would reduce the level of your trust in the physician. You also need to understand that when there is no trust between you as a patient and the physician. You may also question the nature of the services you receive from such a physician, and this may also have an impact on your recovery. Besides, you are right by stating that non-verbal communication has a critical role in facilitating a proper care provision in the emergency department. It is understandable that during an emergency, it is difficult to get an excellent time to interact with the patients. However, treating a patient as a checklist as you put it may also harm care provision. In this sense, creating an impression of communication between you as a physician and the patient may have a lasting impact on treatment outcome. 

Response 2 

Borges, it is true when you state that you will feel sad mostly when you are a close relative, and you see a relative or a family member at such a critical condition. At such a moment of life, worries, tension, and nervousness are inevitable. However, you ought to have mentioned how a lack of communication between you and the doctor would affect you. You need to mention how lack of proper communication between you and the doctor will make you feel sad. Note that, in such a situation, lack of proper communication may make you feel as if your physician does not care for you. As a physician, you have also stated that communication is good for you and your patients. In this sense, you ought also to mention your feelings when communication is lacking between you and the patients. In most cases, the feeling of sorrow may engulf you as a physician when you see a patient suffering. It is with such regard that facilitating proper communication between you as a physician and patient would be critical in such an environment.