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Frederick Smith

Medscape: MDs Delay End-of-Life Talks - in Hematology/Oncology, Other Cancers from Med... - 0 views

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end-of-life-care physician behavior physician-patient communication advance care planning

shared by Frederick Smith on 12 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Frederick Smith on 12 Jan 10
     
    From: Keating N, et al "Physician factors associated with discussions about end-of-life care" Cancer 2010; DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24761.
Frederick Smith

Among Doctors, Fierce Reluctance to Let Go - by P.Span - 0 views

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bioethics palliative care disruptive physician behavior

shared by Frederick Smith on 02 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Frederick Smith on 02 Apr 12
     
    Even when the system works as it's supposed to, and palliative care specialists arrive like the cavalry to provide comfort care, to stop fruitless and painful interventions and to support what patients want, their own colleagues may brand them murderers. It takes strong doctors to stand up to that kind of verbal abuse, to explain that courts and ethics committees have approved care that's intended to reduce suffering, to point out that the patient's own wishes are paramount. Perhaps they have to be stronger than we know. "The culture is changing," Dr. Matlock told me. "But it's not changed yet."
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