This article explores how the absence of effective verbal and nonverbal communication in the physician-patient encounter can lead to poor outcomes for patients and physicians alike. The article discusses legal and ethical topics physicians should consider during a medical encounter and provides educational and practical suggestions for improving effective communication between physicians and th...

Since the discovery of autism major gains have been accomplished in helping others understand what it is and helping those who are diagnosed. While there is no cure for autism there are a variety of treatments that are used today. Defined as a having “difficulties in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors.”(Autism Speaks 2014) It seems that autism begins...

This study examines individuals’ intentions and behaviour on Social Networking Sites (SNSs). The study proposed model asserts that “Co-presence”, “Intimacy”, “Immediacy”, “Perceived Enjoyment”, and “Perceived ease of use” formed individuals' “Attitude” towards “behavioral intention” to use SNSs. The results support all formulated hypotheses. The proposed model in this study explains 69% of indi...

Although perceived as a means of bringing people together, the online environment can also create isolation. Technology alone does not create a community of learning, and a learning community with critical discourse does not just happen. Rather, online, formalized learning carried out remotely using computer-mediated technology relies on good instructional design, a learning management system s...

Empirical studies on nonverbal communication in clinician-patient interaction are reviewed for both the psychotherapeutic and medical settings. Nonverbal behavior is considered both as the consequence of antecedent variables, such as individual or relationship characteristics, and as a predictor of clinical effectiveness and patient outcomes. The concept of rapport is considered in relation to ...

behaviors of people with Asperger syndrome, with the intent to give an account of the severity of symptoms in the area of nonverbal interaction, as well as providing a profile of nonverbal behaviors that may be targeted for intervention. Through this communication profile, overall nonverbal ability is calculated in a group of 20 subjects with Asperger syndrome. The proposed scale also includes ...

Some mutual funds act as contrarian traders, earning returns in the stock market by providing liquidity, while others demand liquidity and suffer costs of immediacy. The funds’ has increased over time. On average, immediacy exceed their from 1.9% pa. High beta funds, large cap exposed to momentum 2.5% Other results are that average alpha becomes insignificant when accounted for cross-section, p...