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Words That Hurt, Words That Help!

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Communication is an essential skill required for a clinician to practice effectively. The impact of negative types of communication on patient outcome has been demonstrated. In particular, the use of warnings or negative suggestions are associated with increased pain and anxiety in patients having potentially painful procedures. It is rare to find an opportunity arising that changes, so dramatically, health care outcomes at such little cost.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Anesthetics, Waikato Hospital, Pembroke St, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

    Heidi Nelson BMLSC, BHB, MBChB, FANZCA

  2. Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Nepean Hospital, Derby St, Kingswood, NSW, 2750, Australia

    Suyin G. M. Tan MBBS, FRCA, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA

  3. Department of Women’s Anaesthesia, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 72 King William Rd, North Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5006, Australia

    Allan M. Cyna FRCA, FANZCA, PhD

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  1. Heidi Nelson BMLSC, BHB, MBChB, FANZCA
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Correspondence to Allan M. Cyna FRCA, FANZCA, PhD .

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    R. Jason Yong

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael Nguyen

  3. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Ehren Nelson

  4. Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Health Care Center at Chestnut Hill, Center for Perioperative Research, Sedation for Interventional Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Richard D. Urman

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Nelson, H., Tan, S.G.M., Cyna, A.M. (2017). Words That Hurt, Words That Help!. In: Yong, R., Nguyen, M., Nelson, E., Urman, R. (eds) Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43133-8_150

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