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This book examines the practices of teaching oncology communication to health professionals. Drawing from this interprofessional discipline, this book aims to bring each of the parties together to share their thoughts, experiences, and advice on teaching oncology communication drawing from the Chinese perspective.
It brings together different stakeholders around patient care in oncology including oncologists, palliative care specialists, nurses, counselors, physiotherapists, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, cancer patients, and health communication experts.
This book, informed by theory, research, and/or clinical practices, will be of value to clinical educators, allied health professionals, doctors/nurses in training, medical students, health communication researchers, students, and those who are already working or researching in the field.
Table des matières
Introduction.- Talking with Chinese Patients about Cancer What Do We Know?.- Being an oncologist in the Chinese context: doctors professional identity and the oncology care process.- Language Matters: Breaking Bad News to Chinese Cancer Patients.- A Narrative Approach of Comfort: Love within Boundaries.- Navigating Cultural Sensitivities: Communication in End-of-Life Care for Chinese Cancer Patients.- How Much Time Do I Have? Prognostication in Palliative Care from a clinician perspective.- Specific roles of family members in oncology communication in Chinese setting from a clinician perspective.- End-of-Life Care: Navigating Death, Dying, and Survivorship from a clinician s voice.- Conclusion.
A propos de l'auteur
Jack Pun is Associate Professor at the Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. As a bilingual speaker of Chinese and English, he is motivated to investigate the effectiveness and patient satisfaction of health communication from a cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary perspective. He explores the role of communication in shaping decision-making processes at consultations, how communication affects the quality of care patients received from the health providers in different clinical settings, and how effective communication enhances our understanding of the challenges and expectations in health care in worldwide hospital settings. He is a founding member of the Institute for Communication in Healthcare (ICH) at the Australian National University, Australia. He was a fellow of Royal Society of Arts (RSA) and a fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health in 2021.
Résumé
This book examines the practices of teaching oncology communication to health professionals. Drawing from this interprofessional discipline, this book aims to bring each of the parties together to share their thoughts, experiences, and advice on teaching oncology communication drawing from the Chinese perspective.
It brings together different stakeholders around patient care in oncology including oncologists, palliative care specialists, nurses, counselors, physiotherapists, traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, cancer patients, and health communication experts.
This book, informed by theory, research, and/or clinical practices, will be of value to clinical educators, allied health professionals, doctors/nurses in training, medical students, health communication researchers, students, and those who are already working or researching in the field.
