Topic: Provider-Patient Relationship
Is it time for different questions? a report on what REALLY matters about caring for patients.
What happens when a patient says, "Doc, help me die." Mercy, compassion - does this fade at the end of life? Does ending a life conflict with our values as physicians? Read for one physician's perspective.
The first time I hated a patient a raw reflection on internal and external conflict in medicine Strong backs, soft fronts, wild hearts You can listen or read the transcript of the podcast -- discussion of belonging, race, the shields we put up that interfere with our conversation and how to overcome.
Contributor: Francesca CiminoMarch 12, 2018Topics: Bias / Communication / Illness & Disability / Impaired Physician / Mindfulness / Personal Context / Perspective / Provider-Patient Relationship / Racism / sexismKeywords: belonging / gender / Guilt / perspective / racism / sexism / shame
We might be able to end Sickle Cell Disease, but signing Black Americans up for the trials could prove difficult We might be able to end sickle cell disease but only if we can test it on the population it affects the most.
Ted Radio Hour: CONFRONTING STIGMA a look at how we stigmatize mental illness, addiction, and other things - and ways to address that issue.
Doctors, Revolt! The real work is compassion, empathy, and listening.... I lied to my patient, and she was thankful A millennial physician chooses to postpone the truth for her patient...here's why.
Contributor: Francesca CiminoJanuary 28, 2018Topics: Compassion Fatigue / Death&Dying / Guilt & Shame / Mindfulness / Mistakes / Perspective / Provider-Patient RelationshipKeywords: lying / perspective / physician
Brain Surgery with Words Dr. Ray Barfield is a pediatric oncologist at Duke University and director of pediatric palliative care for Duke. He co-leads The Healing Arts Institute that brings together students from the schools of medicine, nursing and divinity around issues of illness, suffering and death. In this moving TEDx talk, he discusses how he approaches the discussion of dying and death with pediatric patients and their families.