The Learner will reflect on a range of Communication strategies and processes that are central to work in Palliative Care

Identify the communication needs of a person being supported

Identify the communication needs of the family and /or significant others

Using Gibbs’s reflective cycle

Reflect on three communication difficulties that commonly arise in Palliative Care work (these may be ones you have experienced yourself in your dealings with others or you may have seen situations arise between others) and how these three issues were or should have been dealt with?