Stimulus and Response: How to Use the Space Between in Patient Communication
This case illustrates how easy it is to jump over “the space between” your patient’s question and your response, and why a pause before answering is important.
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Addressing Fertility Risks and Preservation in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients With Cancer
The interventions developed to address barriers to fertility discussions with AYA patients at a major cancer center are described.
Patient Perspective of Interprofessional Collaborative Team Key to Positive Experience
Researchers sought to explore patients’ and families’ understanding of interprofessional collaborative healthcare teams.
Geriatric Assessment Summaries Facilitate Oncologist-Patient Conversations
Geriatric assessment summaries can prompt and enhance oncologist-patient conversations about functional or physical performance.
Lack of Digital Health Literacy Linked to Overall Survival in Adults With Cancer
Retrospective analysis of data from patients’ electronic records described a link between overall survival and whether patients had an email address.
Perceptions Facilitate, Prohibit Clinical Trial Participation by African American Patients
Recruiting African American patients into more clinical trials for cancer treatment is necessary to learn more about differences in results among different ethnic groups and provide more opportunities for underrepresented minorities to benefit from cutting-edge care. But it’s been a challenge, thanks in part to mistrust in the healthcare system and research among this population. …
Breast Cancer-Related Psychological Distress Greater at Safety Net Hospitals
Researchers sought to measure psychological distress in patients at a safety net hospital, where language, cultural, and access barriers are more common.
Motivated Reasoning and Moral Injury: Banes of Communication
A frantic phone call illustrates 2 concepts in communication that many nurses have had to experience: How to help someone accept what they don’t want to accept.
Requirements for Meaningful Involvement of Social Workers in Palliative Care
Researchers performing a literature review identified and described several requirements for meaningful involvement of social workers in palliative care.
Oncologic Home Hospitalization Preferred by Participants in Both Study Arms
A study found positive patient-reported quality-of-life outcomes with oncologic home hospitalization compared with standard ambulatory cancer care.
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