Interpersonal Communication Patterns of Health Personnel and Family of Covid-19 Survival Patients at Bunda Thamrin General Hospital, Medan
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.220503.084How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- interpersonal communication; Covid-19 pandemic; health communication
- Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of people’s lives, ranging from; political, economic, social to health. The health aspect is the most impactful problem because it relates to the number of survivors and fatalities caused by the exponential spread of the Covid-19 virus. This means that the readiness of hospitals, the number of health workers, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to medicines are the main in the effort to heal every Covid-19 survivor, both physically and psychologically. Technically the main challenge for every hospital that is a Covid-19 referral 19 relates to the readiness of health infrastructure and health personnel resources in each treatment process and patient recovery efforts. The Bunda Thamrin General Hospital (RSU) is one of the referral hospitals that accepts many Covid-19 survivors in Medan City. Where the number of Covid-19 victims in Medan City since it was first announced until March 8, 2021 is 13100 with details 11401 recovered and 422 died. The success of interpersonal communication between health workers and the families of Covid-19 survivors is a very important part in efforts to avoid misunderstandings. Good for the integrity of information that can be understood, shared multiperception perceptions, compliance with the instructions given to minimizing conflicts that could arise between the hospital and the families of Covid-19 survivors at the Bundha Thamrin General Hospital in Medan. The purpose of this study was to explain the importance of interpersonal communication in hospital health services. Then, describe the pattern of interpersonal communication between health workers and families of Covid-19 survivors at Bunda Thamrin General Hospital Medan. This research is a qualitative study with interviews as primary data and books and journals as secondary data.
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TY - CONF AU - Arief Marizki AU - Munzaimah Masril PY - 2022 DA - 2022/05/14 TI - Interpersonal Communication Patterns of Health Personnel and Family of Covid-19 Survival Patients at Bunda Thamrin General Hospital, Medan BT - Proceedings of the International Conference of Learning on Advance Education (ICOLAE 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 800 EP - 804 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220503.084 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220503.084 ID - Marizki2022 ER -