Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 2016
Physicians' Reflections on Death and Dying Upon Completion of a Palliative Medicine Fellowship.
Patient and family dissatisfaction may result when they are not satisfied with the physician/patient interaction, although the physician may feel he/she worked hard to provide information to the patient and family. New approaches to visual analysis can (1) identify significant insights from physicians' personal and clinical experiences in providing compassionate palliative care and end-of-life care and (2) provide an effective and practical vehicle for communicating with patients, their families, and other professional caregivers. ⋯ We propose the communication of positive, hopeful, even peaceful perceptions of death and dying was likely the result of effective personal and professional skills gained through physicians' clinical experiences during the fellowship.