BACKGROUND It is important for physicians to recognize and address potential cross-cultural communication barriers with their patients. Several studies have demonstrated the importance of trained medical interpreters for ensuring effective patient-provider communication. Medical interpreters also represent an untapped source of insight into common communication problems. Such insights can contr...

This article proposes a communication perspective on the problem of knowledge transfer between experts and managers in organizational decision making processes. We outline why this perspective is important and we show where and when knowledge communication matters. After an overview of typical knowledge communication situations in management, we define knowledge communication and differentiate ...

The headache history is discussed as a model for establishing effective doctor patient communication. A thorough knowledge regarding headache onset, course and current features provides a basis for diagnosis and management. The principles of acceptance, validation, empathy, respect and advocacy are explored.

In this paper we describe on-going work aimed at the creation of a suite of specialized Language Resources (LRs) intended for users not previously targeted at, namely, adult immigrants in Greece. The ultimate goal being to help them integrate in the Greek society, we aim to provide support touching at basic linguistic, social and everyday issues. The suite comprises: (a) bilingual dictionaries ...

This research study was conducted to identify team-level coordination issues and to make strategies that help in overcoming these hurdles between Global Software Engineering (GSE) teams. In GSE projects, a steady flow of communication and coordination between the team members is required throughout the project. Communication and coordination make top in the list of challenges currently faced by...

BACKGROUND Early and repeated patient-provider conversations about advance care planning (ACP) are now widely recommended. We sought to characterize barriers and strategies for realizing an iterative model of ACP patient-provider communication. METHODS A total of 2 multidisciplinary focus groups and 3 semistructured interviews with 20 providers at a large Veterans Affairs medical center. Them...

IP multicast is advantageous for high quality streaming applications and future needs in the Internet. However, it is generally recognized that IP multicast requires significant routing coordination and configuration, and hence its routing protocols are non-scalable. Recently, Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) has been standardized and proposed as the deployable IP multicast communication archite...

Background The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is a milestone in the recognition of the human rights of persons with disabilities, including the right to health and rehabilitation. South Africa has signed and ratified the CRPD but still has a long way to go in reforming policies and systems in order to be in compliance with the convention. This p...

This chapter provides a broad understanding of what integrated marketing communications (IMC) is andwhy it is used. It will introduce the idea of communication barriers, to help explain why creating an effective marketing communications (marcoms) campaign is so challenging, and touch on various theories of communication. In later chapters, there will be discussion of how these communication bar...