For a Person Who Relies on Restrained Formal Communication with Strangers

Multiple Choice

For a person who relies on restrained formal communication with strangers and authority figures, the challenge for health care providers is likely to be:

A) Communicating with the client in a manner that makes clear that they (the health care providers) should be respected as the expert in the conversation
B) Encouraging disclosure of detail of daily function that would be needed to support interventions to improve independent function
C) Focusing the conversation on topics pertinent to the health condition and/or intervention
D) Building rapport with the client to help him or her overcome shyness