Medical Terminology 8.30.2006
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- active listening
- Listening attentively with one's whole being—mind, body, and spirit.Chapter23
- clarifying
- to check whether understanding is accurate, may ask the other person to rephrase the message, explain it further, or give an example of what the person means.
- reflecting
- (Mirror Reflection)restating client's feelings
- restating
- To state again or in a new form
- termination phase
- client should be told when interview will end; helps client remain attentive without being distracted & gives them opportunity to ask questions
- auscultation
- the act of listening, either directly or through a stethoscope or other instrument, to sounds within the body as a method of diagnosis.
- inspection
- visual observation of the body in the course of a medical examination
- palpation
- an act of touching or feeling; physical examination in medical diagnosis by pressure of the hand or fingers to the surface of the body especially to determine the condition (as of size or consistency) of an underlying part or organ
- percussion
- the striking or tapping of the surface of a part of the body for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. the act or technique of tapping the surface of a body part to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the resulting sound
- olfaction
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1:the sense of smell
2:the act or process of smelling