Your teacher may assign you to answer one or more of these questions.  If they are not assigned, you may use them to check your understanding.  Information needed to answer these questions may be found in Chapter 12.

1. Discuss some of the characteristics of the health care interview which make it unique from some of the other interviews studied in the course.
2. What does it mean to say that the health care relationship is "lopsided" in terms of the status of interview parties?
3. What are some reasons why health care consumers have become increasingly dissatisfied with medical care?
4. What are the primary perspectives of the health care provider and the patient?
5. What are some suggestions for enhancing the health care interview relationship?
6. Discuss some of the barriers to getting information in the health care interview and also explain how those barriers can be overcome.
7. What causes information to be lost or distorted in the health care interview and how can information be transmitted more effectively?
8. Why must health care providers also enact counseling behaviors in the interview setting?
9. What are some of the barriers to effective counseling for health care providers?
10. If you were explaining to a physician how to be an effective counselor, what would you suggest?