Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/xJxzgi Mastering Communication with Seriously Ill Patients By: Back, Anthony; Arnold, Robert; Tulsky, James Publisher: Cambridge University Press Print ISBN: 9780521706186, 0521706181 eText ISBN: 9780511501593, 0511501595 Format: PDF Available from $ 49.00 USD SKU 9780511501593 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 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 practising physician and clinician can use to improve communication skills, increase satisfaction, and protect themselves from burnout. Additional ISBNs 9780511501593, 9781282058798, 9780511508677, 9780511507359, 0511501595, 1282058797, 0511508670, 0511507356, 9780521706186, 9780521880275, 9780511508011, 0521706181, 0521880270, 0511508018
