Textbook of Palliative Care Communication

Elaine Wittenberg is Associate Professor of Nursing Research and Education at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, CaliforniaBetty R. Ferrell is a Professor and Director of Nursing Rearch and Education at City of Hope National Medical Center in Durate, CaliforniaJoy Goldsmith is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Memphis in Memphis, TennesseeThomas Smith is the Director of Palliative Medicine and Professor of Oncology in the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MarylandSandra L. Ragan is Professor Emerita in the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OklahomaMyra Glajchen is the Director of Medical Education at the MJHS Institute for Innovation in Palliative Care and an Assistant Professor of Family and Social Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, New YorkGeorge Handzo is the Director of Health Services, Research, and Quality at Healthcare Chaplaincy in New York, New York.

• Chapter 1: Overview of Communication ; Chapter 2: A Historical Perspective of Palliative Care Communication ; Chapter 3: Transactional Communication ; Chapter 4: Consumer Communication and Public Messaging about Palliative Care ; Chapter 5: Communication Ethics ; Chapter 6: Communication in Palliative Social Work ; Chapter 7: Communication in Palliative Medicine ; Chapter 8: Communication in Palliative Nursing ; Chapter 9: Communication in Palliative Care Chaplaincy ; Chapter 10: Communication in Clinical Psychology ; Chapter 11: Cultural Humility ; Chapter 12: Health Literacy and Communication in Palliative Care ; Chapter 13: Patient- and family-centered written communication in the palliative care setting ; Chapter 14: Health Disparities ; Chapter 15: The Role of Communication and Information in Symptom Management ; Chapter 16: Patient Experience of Illness ; Chapter 17: Family Member Experience of Caregiving ; Chapter 18: Family Caregiver Communication Goals and Messages ; Chapter 19: Cultural Considerations in Palliative Care and Serious Illness ; Chapter 20: Family Conversations about In-Home and Hospice Care ; Chapter 21: COPD and Heart Disease ; Chapter 22: Oncology Across the Trajectory ; Chapter 23: Transplantation and Organ Donation ; Chapter 24: Communication Challenges in Providing Advance Care Planning for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS ; Chapter 25: Homeless, Mentally-ill, and Drug-Addicted Patients ; Chapter 26: Seriously Ill Veterans ; Chapter 27: Neonatal and Pediatrics ; Chapter 28: LGBT Communication ; Chapter 29: Patient-Centered Communication ; Chapter 30: Care Coordination and Transitions in Care ; Chapter 31: Trust, Hope and Miracles ; Chapter 32: Physical Pain and Symptoms ; Chapter 33: Complementary and Alternative Medicine ; Chapter 34: Redefining Comfort Measures: Communicating about Life Support, Artificial Hydration, and Nutrition ; Chapter 35: Advance Care Planning ; Chapter 36: Palliative Care Communication and Sexuality ; Chapter 37: Spiritual Communication ; Chapter 38: Grief Reactions ; Chapter 39: Team Communication in the Acute Care Setting ; Chapter 40: Team Communication in the Outpatient Care Setting ; Chapter 41: Team Communication in the Hospice Setting ; Chapter 42: Team Communication in the Nursing Home Setting ; Chapter 43: Communication Education for Physicians ; Chapter 44: Communication Education for Nurses ; Chapter 45: Communication Education for Social Workers ; Chapter 46: Communication Education for Chaplains ; Chapter 47: Interprofessional Education ; Chapter 48: Qualitative Communication Research ; Chapter 49: Quantitative Communication Research ; Chapter 50: The State of the Science on Palliative Care Communication

This is a very good compilation about communication problems in palliative care... [and] is a very practical guide to communication issues at the clinical interface.