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

by Robert Arnold, Anthony Back, James Tulsky

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521706181
• ISBN13: 9780521706186
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"