Appendix A: Image Descriptions

Figure 1.2.2 image description: The transmission model of communication. Picture of two heads facing each other.  The head on the left is the “Sender” and is encoding a message.  The head on the right is the “Receiver” and is decoding.  Between the two heads is a lightning bolt labelled Noise”.  An arrow labelled “Message Channel” points from the sender to the receiver. [Return to Figure 1.2.2]

Figure 1.2.3 image description: The interaction model of communication. Picture of two heads facing each other.  The head on the left is the “Sender/Receiver” and is encoding a message.  The head on the right is also the “Sender/Receiver” and is decoding.  Between the two heads is a lightning bolt labelled Noise”.  An arrow labelled “Message-Feedback Channel” points from the sender to the receiver and from the receiver to the sender. [Return to Figure 1.2.3]

Figure 1.2.4 image description: The transaction model of communication. Picture of two heads facing each other labelled communicator.  The head on the left is encoding a message.  The head on the right is decoding the message.  Between the two heads are several lightning bolts labelled Noise that could be due to Physical & Psychological Context, Social Context, Cultural Context, or Relational Context.  A circle in the middle is labelled “Co-creation of meaning” and shows that the arrows go around the circle from sender to receiver and back again. [Return to Figure 1.2.4]

Figure 2.1.1 image description: Luft and Ingram’s Dimensions of Self. The image is of a box dived into four squares. The left side of the box is labelled Others.  The bottom of the box is labelled Me. The lower left square is labelled 1. Known to me and to others. The top left square is labelled 2. Known to others but not to me. The top right square is labelled 3. Not known to others or to me. The bottom right square is labelled 4. Known to me but not known to others. [Return to Figure 2.1.1]

Figure 3.1.1 image description: Arrows showing Most Abstract to least abstract moving downwards.  The order is as follows;

• Wealth: Symbol that refers to prosperity, fortune, and success in relation to material goods or other life conditions
• Asset: Symbol that recognizes the monetary worth of a possession
• Livestock: Symbol that recognizes animals kept on farms or ranches
. “Cow”: Symbol that recognizes other bovine creatures
. “Bessie”: Symbol assigned to “thing” allows us to communicate about it even when not in its presence
Most Concrete
• Direct experience with sensory information about “thing” that we will later call “Bessie”
[Return to Figure 3.1.1]

Figure 5.3.2 image description:

Silent Listening

Subheadings:
Questioning
example-Asking questions to understand the situation better.
Paraphrasing
example-Rephrasing in your own words what the speaker said.
Empathizing
example-Putting yourself in the same situation to understand what the speaker means.
Supporting
example-Showing that you endorse the speaker.
Analyzing
example-Considering possible solutions to what the speaker has said.
Evaluating
example-Assessing the best course of action.
Advising
example-Counselling, recommending, and offering information that will help the speaker.

[Return to Figure 5.3.2]

Figure 9.1.1 image description:

Image of the set of six competency domains that focus on the development and integration of attitudes, behaviours, values, and judgments necessary for collaborative practice. These domains are: Role clarification, Team functioning, Interprofessional communication, Patient/client/family/community-centred care, Interprofessional conflict resolution, and Collaborative leadership

[Return to Figure 9.1.1]

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