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Mastering Communication with Seriously Ill Patients Balancing Honesty with Empathy and Hope

Paperback • 2009 • English • 1. edition

Mastering Communication with Seriously Ill Patients Balancing Honesty with Empathy and Hope

By Anthony Back, Robert Arnold

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About the book

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 spir...Show more

Medical profession
Patient safety
Public health and preventive medicine

Book details

ISBN

9780521706186

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2009

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Mastering Communication with Seriously Ill Patients Balancing Honesty with Empathy and Hope

Format

Paperback

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