title: Communication with patients is vital if we are to help them.
abstract: The readers panel debate on nurses' ability to communicate effectively prompted me to reflect on a recent agency shift during which I cared for a patient who was deaf.
authors: Nadine
authors: N
authors: Falconer
mesh_terms: D003144:Communication Barriers; D007802:Language; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000592:standards; D013060:Speech; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom