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- Jennifer Shin and David Casarett.
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Jennifer.Shin@uphs.upenn.edu
- J Support Oncol. 2011 May 1;9(3):97-102.
AbstractHospice programs provide comprehensive, compassionate care to dying patients and their families. However, many patients do not enroll in hospice, and those who do generally receive hospice care only in the last weeks of life. Although patients and families rely on their physicians to discuss hospice, there is often inadequate communication between patients and physicians about end-of-life issues. We describe a Six-Step Roadmap for navigating discussions about hospice adapted from the SPIKES protocol for delivering bad news: setting up the discussion, assessing the patient's perception, inviting a patient to discuss individual goals and needs, sharing knowledge, empathizing with the patient's emotions, and summarizing and strategizing the next steps.
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