title: Speaking the patient's language.
abstract: Former palliative care nurse Sally Okun believes that clinicians are missing a huge opportunity to listen to and speak the same language as their patients.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okun
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weinstock
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D009626:Terminology as Topic