Communication -- can physicians do better? What do patients want? This week we'll discuss talking with patients, especially about end-of-life care, with Anchorage pulmonologist Dr. John Clark and Dr. Stephen Rust, director of the Palliative Care at Providence Alaska Medical Center.
LINKS:
- Mind the Gap: Doing Patient Engagement for the Wrong Reasons Doesn't Work
- The New England Journal of Medicine: Talking with Patients About Dying
- The Washington Post: Optimism Bias - Why The Young and The Old Tend to Look on the Bright Side
- Wall Street Journal: Why Doctors Die Differently
- The New York Times: The Unspoken Diagnosis - Old Age
- The New York Times Wellness Blog: Futile Care at Life's End
- Wall Street Journal: The Ultimate End-of-Life Plan, How one woman fought the medical establishment and avoided what most Americans fear - prolonged, plugged-in suffering
- The New York Times: Among Doctors, Fierce Reluctance to Let Go
- Reuters: Few Cancer Patients Pick CPR After Video Demo
- Video with Atul Gawande: How to Talk End-of-Life Care with a Dying Patient
HOST : Dr. Thad Woodard, Anchorage pediatrician
GUEST:
- Dr. Stephen T. Rust, MD, FACP FAAHPM Director, Palliative Care | Director, Hospice & Palliative Care Fellowship, Providence Alaska Medical Center
- Dr. John Clark, MD, pulmonologist, Anchorage
LIVE BROADCAST: Monday, February 10, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. (Alaska time)
REPEAT BROADCAST: Monday, February 10, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. (Alaska time)
DR. WOODARD’S FAVORITE HEALTH AND SCIENCE LINKS:
- Cleveland Clinic
- Mayo Clinic
- MedlinePlus
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HealthyChildren.org
- American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
- American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)
- Science Based Medicine
- Quackwatch
- Super Smart Health
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