Approaching Difficult Communication Tasks in Oncology 1
By A. Back, R. Arnold, W. Baile, J. Tulsky, Kelly A. Fryer-Edwards. Ca, 2005
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Effective communication skills enable physicians to improve patients' understanding of their illnesses, improve patient adherence to treatment regimens, use time efficiently, avoid burnout, and increase professional fulfillment. Common communication pitfalls include blocking, lecturing, depending on a routine, collusion, and premature reassurance. Fundamental communication skills include “ask‐tell‐ask,” “tell me more,” and responding empathetically. Key communication tasks that are linked to the illness trajectory include: the first visit, giving bad news, making anticancer treatment decisions, offering clinical trials, completing anticancer therapy, and discontinuing palliative chemotherapy. While enhancing or acquiring new skills ultimately requires practice and feedback over time, this article provides a cognitive map for important communication skills that physicians need over the course of caring for a person with cancer.
Subfields: General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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- Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New Course for a System in Crisis (2014, background): “In the final step, clinicians ask patients if they understand the information, which acts as a check to see if patients received the information the clinician tried to impart and provides an opportunity for patients to ask questions (Back et al., 2009b).”