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Of course, an individual physician or patient might disagree with a meaning above or view these uses of treatability statements as unwise; however, from our empirical data, at least some physicians and patients report using or interpreting treatability statements in these ways. 7 The rest of this paper will explore how treatability statements come to have divergent meanings and the ...
- Jason N Batten, Bonnie O Wong, William F Hanks, David C Magnus
- 2019
Jul 1, 2019 · participants also observed that patients often “cling onto” treatability statements in the context of serious illness, and derive unwarranted hope from them. Second, focusing on the
Jul 12, 2019 · Empirical work has shown that patients and physicians have markedly divergent understandings of treatability statements (e.g., “This is a treatable condition,” “We have treatments for your loved one”) in the context of serious illness. Patients often understand treatability statements as conveying good news for prognosis and quality of ...
In contrast, physicians often do not intend treatability statements to convey improvement in prognosis or quality of life, but merely that a treatment is available. Similarly, patients often understand treatability statements as conveying encouragement to hope and pursue further treatment, though this may not be intended by physicians.
- Jason N Batten, Bonnie O Wong, William F Hanks, David C Magnus
- 2019
Aug 23, 2019 · An article published in the July 2019 issue of the journal Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics discusses how empirical work has shown that patients and physicians have markedly divergent understandings of treatability statements. For example, in the context of a serious illness, a physician m
Jul 1, 2019 · A divergence in meaning raises new and largely unidentified challenges to informed consent and shared decision making in the context of serious illness, which indicates a need for further empirical research in this area. Abstract: Empirical work has shown that patients and physicians have markedly divergent understandings of treatability statements (e.g., “This is a treatable condition ...
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A recent research agenda for communication with seriously ill patients calls for further research on “the impact of specific clinician words and expressions” ().A small amount of nonempirical literature identifies problematic words and phrases used in critical care (e.g., “no escalation of treatment,” “there is nothing more we can do,” “do everything”) (2–8).
