Mastering Communication with Seriously Ill Patients Balancing Honesty with Empathy and Hope |
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| Author:
| Back, Anthony
Arnold, Robert
Tulsky, James |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-70618-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2009 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $68.99 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.