Handbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 31 March 2011
- ISBN 9780199238378
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages784 pages
- Size 245x176x42 mm
- Weight 1337 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 19 black-and-white line drawings and 2 halftones 0
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Short description:
Communication is a core skill for medical professionals when treating patients, and cancer and palliative care present some of the most challenging clinical situations. This book provides a comprehensive curriculum to help oncology specialists optimize their communication skills.
MoreLong description:
This comprehensive text provides clinicians with practical and evidence-based guidelines to achieve effective, patient-centered communication in the areas of cancer and palliative care. Written by an outstanding panel of international experts, it integrates empirical findings with clinical wisdom, draws on historical approaches and presents a state-of-the-art curriculum for applied communication skills training for the specialist oncologist, surgeon, nurse and other
multi-disciplinary team members involved in cancer care today.
In this book communication is broken down into key modules that cover the life-cycle of cancer care. They include coverage of diagnosis and treatment including clinical trials, empathic support in response to distress, transition to survivorship or palliative therapies, discussion of prognosis, conduct of family meetings, and care of the dying. Complementary training of patients in their communication with the doctor completes the interactive dyad. The art of teaching, impact of gender and
power in the consultation and the ethical context are carefully considered.
Special communication challenges include discussion of genetic risk, rehabilitative and salvage surgery, promotion of treatment adherence, unanticipated adverse outcomes, intercultural issues, fertility and sexuality. The value of decision aides, question prompt lists, audio-recording of consultations and use of the internet is illustrated.
By looking across the full spectrum of disciplines involved in the multidisciplinary team, discipline-specific issues are considered by experts in each field. In this manner, the needs of patients and their relatives are evaluated, including paediatric and geriatric populations. To achieve all of this, theoretical models are examined from the medical school to the highly specialized practice, facilitation training and actor training are made explicit, and international approaches to
communication skills training are compared and contrasted. Finally, research tools that assist in coding cancer consultations, evaluating training courses, and employing mixed methods in studies aid the reader in providing clear and sensitive communication when handling challenging situations whilst treating
cancer sufferers and palliative care patients.
Table of Contents:
Section A: Introduction to communication studies in cancer and palliative medicine
The history of communications skills knowledge and training
The art of teaching communication skills
Theoretical models of communication skill training
Shared treatment decision-making and the use of decision aids
The ethics of communication in cancer and palliative care
Gender, power and nonverbal communication
Medical student training in communication skills
Overview of interventions to enhance cancer patients' participation in medical consultations
Section B: A core curriculum for communication skills training for oncology and palliative care
Breaking bad news
Discussing prognosis and communicating risk
Communication training to achieve shared treatment decisions
Responding to difficult emotions
Denial and communication
Communicating with relatives/companions about cancer care
Conducting a family meeting
Communication about coping as a survivor
Dealing with cancer recurrence
Communication about transitioning patients to palliative care
End-of-life communication training
Section C: A specialty curriculum for oncology
Enrolment in clinical trials
Working as a multidisciplinary team
Communicating genetic risk
Rehabilitative and salvage surgery
Discussing unproven therapies
The effect of internet use on the doctor-cancer patient relationship
Promoting treatment adherence
Communication strategies and skills for optimum pain control
Discussing adverse outcomes with patients
Clinical perspectives on shared decision-making
Audio-recording important consultations for patients and their familities - putting evidence into practice
Working with interpreters and achieving culturally competent communication
Challenges in communicating with ethnically diverse populations
Intercultural communication in palliative care
Communicating about infertility risks
Communicating about sexuality in cancer care
Section D: Communication issues across the disciplines
The challenges and rewards of communication skills training for oncology and palliative care nurses in the United Kingdom
Ambulatory nurses responding to depression
Social work support in crisis
Communication in radiology
Communication in surgical oncology
Communication in non-surgical oncology
Palliative medicine: communication to promote life near the end-of-life
Communication issues in pastoral care and chaplaincy
Communication in oncology pharmacy: the challenge of the treatment adherence
Psychosocial program development
Communication challenges with the elderly
Issues for cognitively impaired elderly patients
Communicating with children when a parent is dying
Creative arts in oncology
Section E: Education and training
Learner-centered communication
Facilitating skills practice in communication role play sessions: essential elements and training facilitators
The role of the actor in medical education
Training patients to reach their communication goals: a concordance perspective
Section F: International initiatives in communication training
The OncoTalk model
The Swiss model
The Australian model
The United Kingdom general practitioner and pallaitve care model
Communication skills training and research: the Brussels experience
Section G: Research in cancer communication
Evaluating communication skills training courses
Qualitative approaches to clinician-patient communication
Doctor-patient communication interaction analysis systems
The Roter Interaction Analysis System (RIAS): applicability within the context of cancer and palliative care
