Dignity in Care

The Human Side of Medicine

Harvey Max Chochinov (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

2025
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-779813-3 (ISBN)

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No one goes into healthcare with the intention of hurting people, or wanting to come off as callous, cold, or unfeeling. Fortunately, most people working in healthcare understand that kindness and compassion are key, even foundational to success in the care they provide to patients and families. And yet, all too often, there are instances when contact with healthcare is tainted by experiences ranging from vaguely annoying or abrasive to outright emotionally assaultive. Patients may confront experiences that chip away at their sense of pride and personhood; this can be as subtle as being kept waiting for an appointment, as insidious as being required to wear a plastic hospital bracelet that tracks them according to an institutional number or code, and as jarring as being referred to as an aberrant body part - the proverbial "GI bleed in room two" or "breast tumor in room three."

Dignity in Care provides readers with what they need to know about the humanity and tone of care, and how they can engage in these facets of care in a thoughtful and meaningful way that will satisfy their patients' needs to be seen and appreciated as "whole persons." The author explores how the humanity of care can get overlooked and how to avoid this happening. It teaches how to communicate better with patients, helping them to feel not just cared for, but cared about. Sir William Osler said, "The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease." Dignity in Care applies this outlook to all of healthcare, because many people can gain technical competency, but success within healthcare requires more.

Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov is an internationally renowned clinician and researcher in palliative and end-of-life care. He is an officer in the Order of Canada and an inductee in the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. His more than 350 career publications include his book, Dignity Therapy: Final Words for Final Days, winner of the 2011 Prose Award. He has led a large program of research on dignity in the healthcare setting and is the co-founder of the Canadian Virtual Hospice. He is the editor of The Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine 3rd Edition: Psychosocial Care of the Terminally Ill (Oxford University Press). Dr. Chochinov is Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Manitoba Research Institute whose pioneering work in the field of palliative medicine and end-of-life care has provided comfort and dignity for countless patients and their families around the world.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.3.2025
Zusatzinfo	5 B&W H/T Illustrations and 2 B&W line illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
ISBN-10	0-19-779813-6 / 0197798136
ISBN-13	978-0-19-779813-3 / 9780197798133
Zustand	Neuware