[The communicative skills of physicians in ambulatory practice]

The effectiveness of medical care in most cases depends on the quality of information exchange between patient and physician. The knowledge of communicative skills makes it possible for physician to settle more effectively the curative diagnostic and organizational issues in the process of providing medical care to patients. The information support and fundamental theoretical training of physicians not always correspond to modern considerations on patient-physician relationship. The long-standing traditions and profound development of theoretical issues of effective exchange of information between patient and physician provide researchers, practical physicians and teachers large possibilities in significant progressing in the field of development of communication technologies in the system of national public health system.