Description
The Oxford Textbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care guides readers through the art of communication in cancer and palliative care, integrating clinical experience with evidence-based empirical findings to provide a range of strategies and skills that clinicians can develop to optimise their person- and family-centred care.Written for clinicians across disciplines, including specialist physicians, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, and family doctors, this text addresses the complexities of communication when illness is life threatening, curable, progressive, malignant, or due to chronic organ failure. Patients and family may be survivors or approaching end-of-life, confronted with existential and spiritual uncertainty, and in need of the very best care that is not only clinically competent, but also compassionate and comprehensive.The international team of authors provide state-of-the-art guidelines across 65 chapters. Topics range from discussing serious news, prognosis, and treatments decisions, to addressing survivorship or disease progression, exploring genetic risk and molecular profiling, managing difficult conversations around adverse events, and how to talk about optimal management.Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition introduces expanded sections on a core curriculum, the principles of communication science, and tailored curricula for nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team. Specialty topics explore areas including sexuality and infertility, culture and diversity, immunotherapy and targeted therapies, discussion of errors, medical aid in dying, complementary therapies, and use of telemedicine. Different countries have adopted different approaches to communication skills training, which are contrasted in this textbook, alongside research principles and tools for those seeking to advance communication science.
Table of Contents
- A: Introduction to communication studies in oncology and palliative care
- 1: Patricia A. Parker and David W. Kissane: The history of communication skills training
- 2: Renee Lim and Stewart Dunn: Journeys to the centre of empathy: The authentic core of communication skills
- 3: Gregory Makoul, Henry Schneiderman, and Joshua Hauser: Medical student training in communication skills
- 4: Randy A. Jones and Crystal D. Chu: Shared decision-making, decision aids, and the role of values in treatment decision-making
- 5: Laura A. Siminoff and Maria D. Thomson: The ethics of communication in cancer and palliative care
- 6: Mollie A. Ruben, Michelle A. Stage, Adele E. Weaver, Atticus Carroll, and Morgan D. Stosic: Gender, power, and non-verbal communication
- 7: Taylor S. Vasquez, Thomas A. D'Agostino, Carma L. Bylund, and Betty Chewning: Training patients and caregivers to reach their communication goals: A concordance perspective
- 8: Carma L. Bylund, Megan J. Shen, Jennifer Gueguen Weber, Skyler B. Johnson: Cancer patients' and caregivers' use of online information for cancer information and support
- 9: Daniel H. Kwon: Audio recording cancer consultations for patients and their families: Putting evidence into practice
- 10: Michael Tang, Grecia Singleton, and Akhila Reddy: Telemedicine, communication, and palliative care
- 11: Antoinette R. Esce, Madeline Li, Robert M. Arnold, and Laura Belland: Communication guidance in medical assistance in dying
- B: A core curriculum for communication skills training for oncology and palliative care
- 12: Patricia A. Parker and Smita C. Banerjee: Sharing serious news
- 13: Phyllis N. Butow, Nicci Bartley and Martin Stockler: Discussing prognosis and communicating risk
- 14: Jennifer Weil, Jennifer Philip, and David W. Kissane: Responding to difficult emotions
- 15: Caroline Langhendries, Yves Libert, Aurore Liénard, Darius Razavi, and Isabelle Merckaert: Communicating with relatives in cancer care
- 16: Talia I. Zaider and David W. Kissane: Conducting a family meeting
- 17: Michael Jefford and Patricia A. Parker: Communication and cancer survivorship
- 18: Peter Martin, Meg Chiswell, Debra Leung, and John Reeves: Communication skills in the setting of cancer recurrence
- 19: Simone C. Cheung, A. Katalin Urban, David W. Kissane, and Josephine M. Clayton: Introducing or transitioning patients to palliative care
- 20: David W. Kissane and Sigrun Vehling: Communicating about psycho-existential distress
- 21: Natasha Michael and Rajvi Shah: Talking about dying: End of life communication training
- C: Nursing
- 22: Catarina Simões, Ana Paula Conceição, and Daniel Cunha: Communication skills education and training in pre-registration BSc Nursing
- 23: Michael Connolly: Sage and Thyme
- 24: Sharon McCloskey and Emma King: Implementing and embedding advanced communication skills training in cancer and palliative care services, Northern Ireland: The challenges and rewards
- 25: Susie Wilkinson and Anita Roberts: Training facilitators to deliver an advanced communication course for senior healthcare professionals in cancer and palliative care
- 26: Talia Zaider, Ann Marie Mazzella, and Shira Hichenberg: Advancing family communication skills in oncology nursing
- 27: Anita Roberts: Communication in the last days or hours of life
- 28: Laura Hyland, Preeti Minhas, and Vanessa Williams: E-learning as a medium for communication skills training
- 29: Tara Kerr-Elliott and Caroline Dorsett: Talking with children and their families when death is a likely outcome
- D: A specialty curriculum for oncology
- 30: Richard Brown, Avijit Saha, and Terrance Albrecht: Enrolment in clinical trials
- 31: Lisa Beatty and Jane Turner: Working as a multidisciplinary team
- 32: Elizabeth Broadbridge and Chenery Lowe: Communicating genetic risk
- 33: Benjamin M. Brady and David W. Kissane: Communicating about immunotherapies and targeted treatments: A health literacy challenge
- 34: Francis D. Graziano and Carrie S. Stern: Supporting patients considering reconstructive surgery
- 35: Suzanne Grant and Carolyn Ee: Discussing complementary therapies
- 36: Kelly B. Haskard-Zolnierek and Tricia A. Miller: Promoting treatment adherence
- 37: Isaac Shin Chua and Thomas H. Gallagher: Discussing adverse outcomes with patients
- 38: Meghan McDarby, Rebecca Boorstin, and Florence Lui: Improving communication and patient-centred care: A focus on oncology care and diversity
- 39: Smita C. Banerjee, Javier González, and Patricia A. Parker: Working with an interpreter
- 40: Perri Tutelman, Fiona Schulte, Zeev Rosberger, Sylvie Aubin, Barry D. Bultz, and Peter Chan: Communication and cancer-related infertility
- 41: Natasha Gupta, Jennifer Barsky Reese, Sharon L. Bober, and Christian J. Nelson: Communicating about sexuality in cancer care
- 42: Smita C. Banerjee, Patricia A. Parker, and William E. Rosa: 1. Communication with sexual and gender minority (SGM) patients with cancer
- E: Communication issues across the disciplines
- 43: Barry D. Bultz, Paul B. Jacobsen, and Matthew Loscalzo: Screening for distress: A communication tool that highlights patient concerns and facilitates psychosocial program development
- 44: Carrie Lethborg: Social work support in crisis
- 45: Kimberly Feigin and Donna D'Alessio: Communication in cancer radiology
- 46: Tamsin Boyce: Communication in surgical oncology
- 47: Richard Simcock and Ollie Minton: Non-surgical oncology
- 48: Daniel E. Roos and Kathy Pope: Communication in radiation oncology
- 49: Peter Speck and Christopher Herbert: Communication issues in pastoral care and chaplaincy
- 50: Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Paul Simpson, and Josephine M. Clayton: Paramedics and emergency medical technicians
- 51: Lucy Green and Simon Noble: Communication in oncology pharmacy: The challenge of treatment adherence
- 52: Ronald D. Adelman, Michele G. Greene, and Milagros D. Silva: Communication challenges with the elderly
- 53: Julia Kearney, Dana Greenfield, Olufisayo Omotunde, Melissa Prusky, and Faraz Afridi: Communicating with children and parents in paediatric oncology
- F: Education and International initiatives in communication training
- 54: Patricia A. Parker and Ruth Manna: Facilitating communication role play sessions: Essential elements and training facilitators
- 55: Janet Watson Kruse: The role of the actor in medical education
- 56: Gordon J. Wood, Holly B. Yang, and Elise C. Carey: The VitalTalk model
- 57: Sebastian Euler, Christoph Becker, Jürg Bernhard, Gabriella Bianchi, Sabina Hunziker, Patrick Nemeshazy, Alexander Wünsch, Diana Zwahlen, and Friedrich Stiefel: The Swiss model
- 58: Nicola Pease, Julie Rowlands, and Fiona Rawlinson: Interprofessional communication skills training in the UK: The Cardiff University palliative care model (the Cardiff 6-point toolkit)
- 59: France Delevallez, Yves Libert, Darius Razavi, and Isabelle Merckaert: The Belgian experience in communication skills training
- 60: Luigi Grassi and Luzia Travado: Communication in cancer care in Europe and EU policy initiatives
- 61: Richard Fielding, Guo Liping, and Wendy Wing Tak Lam: Oncology and palliative care communications in Confucian communities of East Asia
- G: Research in cancer communication
- 62: Kuan Xing, Marcy Rosenbaum, and Kashelle Lockman: Evaluating communication skills training
- 63: Beth Ann Labadorf and Felicia Roberts: Qualitative approaches to patient-provider communication
- 64: Marij A. Hillen, Phyllis N. Butow, Richard Brown, and Arwen H. Pieterse: Assessing communication in cancer consultations: Introduction to interaction analysis systems
- 65: Debra L. Roter, Sarina R. Isenberg, and Lauren M. Czaplicki: The Roter Interaction Analysis System: Applicability within the context of cancer and palliative care
