ABSTRACT
The proposal of reasoning, assessment, and recording reflects a rather complex reasoning path consisting of a sequence of arguments covering a set of sequential steps in clinical work. There are numerous communication vehicles that are standard elements of clinical practice. Instrumental vehicles of communication are environments, opportunities, and tools for communication between peers. While face-to-face interactions are the most frequent instances of nonverbal communication in clinical settings, the role and volume of nonverbal communication in general is a subject of debate both in medical and more general settings. Medical communication may be seen by some as a simple interactive tool, but it is also a topic of study on its own, with its own research questions, methodological challenges, and objectives. Physicians discuss among themselves and with other health professionals and patients their cases, the nature of the problem, how to understand it, and what to do about it.
