Understanding the informational objectives of the conversation you have with your doctor can help you best achieve a clear, concise, and accurate transfer of information about your condition. In fact, according to the academic literature, the quality of a doctor-patient conversation impacts the quality of healthcare delivery—and the conversation you have with your doctor may mean the difference between life and death!

“The Medical Conversation” provides the constructs for a structured conversation and, simultaneously, prepares us for our inevitable role as patients to effectively convey information to the doctors tasked with providing our care and aiding us through the challenging times of illness or injury.