Strategies for Communicating with Deaf Patients in the Public Physical Rehabilitation Unit in the Central South Region of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53821#.VNR6IizQrzE Author(s) Wiliam César Alves Machado 1 , Juarez de Souza Pereira 1 , Nébia Maria Almeida de Figueiredo 1 , Manoel Francisco de Souza Pereira 2 , Teresa Tonini 1 , Luciana Krauss Rezende 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil . 2 Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil . 3 Federal University of Itajubá, Itajubá, Brazil . ABSTRACT Deaf people face communication difficulties in health units because of the lack of preparedness of health care professionals to deal with these patients. Objective: To identify how physical rehabilitation professionals associated with a regional public unit in the south central region of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil interact with deaf patients. Method: Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics in the Statisti...