End-of-Life Care and Non-Disclosure: Case Study

10/8/2016

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Case Study

10/7/2016

, not the patient, that is told the diagnosis.   The team feels strongly that the patient has the right to know her … diagnosis and that it’s unethical for them not to tell her explicitly. The consensus among the medical team …, and doctors have a duty to tell the truth.” The team has tried to tell Mrs. J that she has cancer, but she …

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Understand the Patient.

10/7/2016

, “Should the patient be told or not?” The son and the team have already stated their positions in response … to this question. There’s not much room to move. The team should expand the conversation beyond this narrow … question. The goal is to engage the son in helping the team better understand the patient as a whole …

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Recognize That This is a Principled Disagreement

10/7/2016

position. He is not being malicious; rather he, like the team, is fighting for the patient’s rights.   It’s … helpful for the team to recognize that this is a principled disagreement for two reasons. First, it’s … a safeguard against becoming angry and over-reacting. If the team sees that the son is trying, based on his …

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Understand the Family

10/7/2016

can also inform the team about the son. Although the conversation is about the patient, it’s … with the son. The team can’t understand the patient until they understand the son. Who is he? What’s his role … in the family? What are his values and goals, and where do they stand relative to the patient’s and to the team …

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Align Interests

10/7/2016

The son and team have the same basic interest—to do what …’s best for the patient. Normatively, however, both the son and team should have the same basic goal …: to do what is best for the patient as understood by the patient. The team has anchored their view …

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Medication Assisted Treatment Summit - Speaker Biographies

10/7/2016

, as a psychiatrist on a Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) team, and Medical Director … appointed by the Governor of Rhode Island to the Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force Expert Team … in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Former positions include: Medical Director of the Special Treatment Team …

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MMS and Alliance Charitable Foundation 2016 Annual Report (pdf)

10/4/2016

is an important skill in all of medi- cine, the ability to manage and lead a team is most critical …. . . . The entire medical team was traveling to high- risk areas to improve care and was intimately familiar … with the culture and environment their patients were part of. The team was doing every- thing they could to bring …

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Question 3

9/30/2016

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Professional Image Presentation - Dr_ Sally Ourieff (pdf)

9/30/2016

2. Lean into it 3. Brand understanding guides setting direction for your team As Women Don’t … WHAT YOU KNOW! Brand Concepts Drive Personal & Team Leadership …

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