title: Non-verbal communication with patients.
abstract: Communication can occur through facial expression, eye contact, body posture and touching, as well as through speech. Areas of social interaction are divided into intimate, personal, social and public space. If nurses learn communication skills and extend these into the clinical setting then patients will be more cooperative and compliant.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007697:Kinesics; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations