Mastering communication with seriously ill patients : balancing honesty with empathy and hope / Anthony Back, Robert Arnold, James Tulsky ; with contributions by Kelly Fryer-Edwards and Walter Baile.

By:

Back, Anthony [author.]

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009Description: x, 158 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0521706181
9780521706186

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

610.696 22

LOC classification:

R118 .M375 2009

Online resources:

Contributor biographical information

Contents:

Taking your skills to the next level -- Getting a good start -- Talking about serious news -- Discussing evidence for making treatment decisions -- Discussing prognosis -- Between the big events -- Conducting a family conference -- Dealing with conflicts -- Transitions to end-of-life care -- Talking about dying -- Cultivating your skills.

Summary: "Physicians who care for patients with life-threatening illnesses face daunting communication challenges. Patients and family members can react to difficult news with sadness, distress, anger, or denial. This book defines the specific communication tasks involved in talking with patients with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Topics include delivering bad news, transition to palliative care, discussing goals of advance-care planning and do-not-resuscitate orders, existential and spiritual issues, family conferences, medical futility, and other conflicts at the end of life. Drs. Anthony Back, Robert Arnold, and James Tulsky bring together empirical research as well as their own experience to provide a roadmap through difficult conversations about life-threatening issues. The book offers both a theoretical framework and practical conversational tools that the practicing physician and clinician can use to improve communication skills, increase satisfaction, and protect themselves from burnout."--Publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Physicians who care for patients with life-threatening illnesses face daunting communication challenges. Patients and family members can react to difficult news with sadness, distress, anger, or denial. This book defines the specific communication tasks involved in talking with patients with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Topics include delivering bad news, transition to palliative care, discussing goals of advance-care planning and do-not-resuscitate orders, existential and spiritual issues, family conferences, medical futility, and other conflicts at the end of life. Drs. Anthony Back, Robert Arnold, and James Tulsky bring together empirical research as well as their own experience to provide a roadmap through difficult conversations about life-threatening issues. The book offers both a theoretical framework and practical conversational tools that the practicing physician and clinician can use to improve communication skills, increase satisfaction, and protect themselves from burnout."--Publisher description.

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