Week 2 Discussion Question 1

? If you work in health care, provide your professional point of view on whether or not the physician-centered communication attributes listed below correspond to physicians at your workplace. If you do not work in health care, provide your personal point of view on whether or not you think these attributes correspond to the majority of physicians you have encountered. Provide specific examples to support your responses.

o Assertive behavior

o Questions and directives

o Blocking

o Patronizing behavior

o Power difference

I am not working right now, but when I was working in health care some of the caregivers did use assertive behavior with some of the patients. Sometimes I saw some caregivers get a really assertive...