Negotiation as it Applies in Patient Education

Negotiation as it applies in patient education
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Negotiation as it Applies in Patient Education
Negotiation in general is a dialogue between two or more people or parties. Inpatient education, negotiation involves the dialogue between the physician and the patient (Michael, 2013). The physician negotiates with the patient in an effective and explicit ways. This negotiation framework consists of three dimensions: content, relationship levels and the problem solving phases. The constructs of disease, illness, sickness and the patient's context are used to describe the content of negation since this is what the physician and the patient are talking about. Power, control and responsibility describe the relationship level (Flavo, 2011)
Pros and cons of negotiation
Pros
Flavo (2011) states that the physician can win over the patient by forcing them to give him all the information that he believes it's necessary for administering the health care.
The patient can easily compromise with the physician in order to avoid too much misunderstanding.
Through negotiation, personal relationships can be improved since both parties care enough to try and make each other happy.
Cons
Forcing a patient to give information can lead to resentfulness by the patient and as a result the information may be incorrect.
A collaboration of the two parties can take a very long time and hence solving a problem may take too much than expected.
Patient education
According to Flavo (2011), the author states that patient education is the process by which health professionals impart information to patient and other caregivers. The patient education has changed over the years as the patient change in their status. This has been contributed by the technological development where a patient may prefer to get health education from the internet, mass media or written journals rather than going to the physician (Flavo, 2011). Also, as ones status change, the patient responsibility to change his life style is high and they may form group's efforts to help them to work out to maintain their health without necessarily going to the physician.
Old age and baby Boomer
Old age consists of ages nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings. Older people have limited regenerative abilities and are more prone to diseases, syndromes and sickness than younger adults. Baby Boomer on the other hand, refers to a group of people who were born during the demographic post world war II between the years 1946 and 1964. These people were associated with rejection and redefinition of traditional values and were believed to be very selfish.
Patient education for the elderly
According to Flavo (2011, pp. 67), the old are more prone to diseases that keep recurring after short periods of time. These people due to their health and physical strength cannot be put in long term medication. While imparting knowledge to this group the emphasis is on the need to check mostly on their diet and body hygiene. While educating the elderly one may face the challenge of communication as most of these people may not be able to express their problems and they may not be able to use another language rather than their eth...