Positive emotions —An interesting topic in clinical communication research

In the present issue of PEC, we publish a paper on the expressions of positive emotions in audio-recorded conversations between nurses, cancer hospice patients and caregivers during home visits [1]. All interactions were coded both using Roter ’s Interaction Analysis System [2] and a novel coding procedure for Positive Emotion Codes, with the acronym PEC (!). The researchers found that positive emotions were quite common in these conversations, most often in terms of humor, and most frequently expressed by nurses [1].
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: From the Editor Source Type: research