How to present negative medical news in a positive light : a prescription for health care providers

How to present negative medical news in a positive light : a prescription for health care providers / by Michael J. Cavallaro.

In a 2009 Gallup poll, 30 percent of Americans surveyed believed that the national health care industry offers less-than-good quality of care for its citizens. But you can change how your patients perceive your own services, starting with how you and your staff deliver sensitive news. With this step...

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Main Author: Cavallaro, Michael J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ocala : Atlantic Publishing Group, [2017]
Subjects:
Physician and patient.
Communication in medicine.
Bad news.
Informed consent (Medical law)
Misinformation.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
Bad news
Communication in medicine
Physician and patient
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Table of Contents:
  • Dynamics of the doctor/patient relationship
  • Establishing doctor/patient rapport
  • Physician responses to patients
  • How to discuss prognosis
  • How to support patient decision making
  • Communication during conflict
  • Communicating with the patients family
  • Ethical issues of communication in palliative care
  • Transitioning patients to palliative care
  • How to handle end-of-life plans and postmortem discussions.

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