Critical think stop point 20.3

Answer to: do you think SOLER or SURETY is most useful to you in your clinical practice?

SOLER has been promoted in health care for many years and has been found to be a valuable acronym.  In some cultures it is still found to be most culturally sensitive way of demonstrating therapeutic listening.  This is particularly the case in cultures where ‘touch’ and eye contact have strict cultural and religious rules.  Within the current Western culture which promotes person-centred compassionate responses, SURETY may be found to be more useful.  It offers similar behaviours as SOLER but introduces the idea of using personal intuition and the recognition of the therapeutic value of touch. 

There is no right or wrong answer to this critical thinking point it is to stimulate self-awareness and evidence-based practice.