General Internal Medicine
Scientists at University of California target general internal medicine
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, October 2nd, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "Although experts advocate that physicians should express empathy to support family members faced with difficult end-of-life decisions for incapacitated patients, it is unknown whether and how this occurs in practice. To determine whether clinicians express empathy during deliberations with families about limiting life support, to develop a framework to understand these expressions of empathy, and to determine whether there is an association between more empathic statements by clinicians and family satisfaction with communication."
"Multi-center, prospective study of audiotaped physician-family conferences in intensive care...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2008-10-02)
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