This dissatisfaction, though, tends to undermine productive communication between a doctor and patient.
Many circumstances, both during and after deployment, may undermine family communication and members' ability to rebuild closeness after each deployment separation.
Such comments often occurred in the absence of apparent reflection on whether their own communication style facilitated or undermined good communication with Aboriginal people and/or if they were the right person to be having that conversation.
In his widely noted book "Amusing Ourselves To Death," first published in 1987 and updated in 2005, Neil Postman makes a compelling case that modern communications technology is undermining actual communication, debasing the process of learning and posing a real and present threat to the viability of democratic government and our way of life.
Young people, the argument goes, are less concerned than they should be about correct use of language in general because the casual tone and the shortening strategies needed to text and tweet are undermining their communication abilities.
There was a lack of awareness and interest in Indigenous Australians' lived experience which undermined good communication, relationships and quality health care: ""[Staff] said they could see they had difficulties communicating with Aboriginal people but were trying hard.
Patient assessment of risk is also subject to various biases that can undermine the clear communication of these risks, making it important to factor these biases into risk communication strategies [ 18].
Anxiety in particular is linked to avoidance or blunting behaviors (Dunkel-Schetter et al 1992; Miller 1995; Miller et al 1996; Nordin and Glimelius, 1998) that can undermine contact and communication with physicians and/or family members.
Healthcare workers need to recognize how poor communication can undermine response effectiveness and learn effective critical event communication skills.
Alm and Newell (1996) considered the ways in which speech-generating devices may support but also undermine people with complex communication needs who use them as part of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
He said he felt a price cap of 0.5% "would stifle innovation, undermine member service and communication and ultimately it would lead to poorer member outcomes".
