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245 00 $aMastering communication with seriously ill patients :$bbalancing honesty with empathy and hope /$cAnthony Back ... [et al.].
260 $aCambridge :$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2009.
300 $ax, 158 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aTaking 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.
520 $aPhysicians 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.
650 22 $aAttitude to Death.
650 22 $aProfessional-Family Relations.
650 22 $aCommunication.
650 22 $aCounseling$xmethods.
650 12 $aPhysician-Patient Relations.
650 0 $aCommunication in medicine.
650 0 $aMedical personnel and patient.
650 0 $aCritically ill.
700 1 $aBack, Anthony,$cMD.
700 1 $aBack, Anthony.
700 1 $aArnold, Robert M.,$d1957-
700 1 $aTulsky, James A.
988 $a20090414
906 $0OCLC