Main description:

Written by an international team of authors the Oxford Textbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care integrates clinical wisdom with empirical findings. It draws upon the history of communication science, providing the reader with a comprehensive curriculum for applied communication skills training.

An essential resource, the Oxford Textbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care is filled with tips and strategies for effective communication about difficult and challenging communication. In focusing on cancer and the end-of-life, it deals with the existential and spiritual challenges found across all of medicine, providing deep insights into what is at stake and how clinicians might optimally respond. This authoritative and wide-ranging book provides clinicians with
state-of-the-art and evidence-based guidelines to achieve effective, patient-centred communication in the clinical settings of oncology and palliative care.

Thoroughly revised and updated, this new edition includes sections on the curriculum for nurses, the core curriculum, and an introductory section on communication science. The chapters embrace specialty issues across the clinical disciplines, from enrolling in clinical trials, working in teams, and discussing genetic risk, to talking about sexuality, infertility, and intercultural issues. An educational perspective is also provided, with chapters covering communication skills training, how to
evaluate courses, and international models of training.

Contents:

1: Mack Lipkin Jr.: The history of communications skills knowledge and training
2: Renee Lim and Stewart Dunn: Journeys to the centre of empathy: the authentic core of communication skills
3: Richard Brown, Alexander Wuensch, and Carma L. Bylund: Models of communication skills training and their practical implications
4: Amiram Gafni and Cathy Charles: Shared decision-making, decision-aids and the role of values in treatment decision-making
5: Laura A. Siminoff and Maria D. Thomson: The ethics of communication in cancer and palliative care
6: Marianne Schmid Mast, Valerie Carrard, and Judith A. Hall: Gender, power, and nonverbal communication
7: Gregory Makoul, Joshua Hauser, and Henry Schneiderman: Medical student training in communication skills
8: Thomas A. D Agostino, Carma L. Bylund, an dBetty Chewning: Training patients to reach their communication goals: a concordance perspective
9: Emily B. Peterson, Megan Shen, Jennifer Gueguen Weber, and Carma Bylund: Cancer patients use of the internet for cancer information and support
10: Thomas F Hack, Kinta Beaver, and Penelope Schofield: Audio-recording cancer consultations for patients and their families putting evidence into practice
11: Suzanne M. Kurtz and Lara J. Cooke: Learner-centered communication training
12: Walter F. Baile and Patricia A. Parker: Breaking bad news
13: Phyllis N. Butow, Martin H. N. Tattersall, and Martin Stockler: Discussing prognosis and communicating risk
14: Martin H. N. Tattersall and David W. Kissane: Achieving shared treatment decisions
15: Jennifer Philip and David W. Kissane: Responding to difficult emotions
16: Linda Sheahan and David W. Kissane: Denial and communication
17: Isabelle Merckaert, Yves Libert, Aurore Lienard, and Darius Razavi: Communicating with relatives in cancer care
18: David W. Kissane and Courtney Hempton: Conducting a family meeting
19: Linda E. Carlson , Janine Giese-Davis, and Barry D. Bultz: Communication about coping as a survivor
20: Lidia Schapira and Lauren Goldstein: Dealing with cancer recurrence
21: Katalin Urban, Josephine M. Clayton, and David W. Kissane: Introducing or transitioning patients to palliative care
22: Tomer T. Levin and Alison Wiesenthal: Talking about dying: end-of-life communication training
23: Deborah Ann Lewis , Marie O Boyle-Duggan, and Sue Poultney: Communication skills education and training in pre-registration BSc Nursing
24: Michael Connolly: Sage & Thyme
25: Anne Finn, Emma King, and Susie Wilkinson: Implementation of advanced communication skills training for senior health care professionals in Northern Ireland: the challenges and rewards
26: Susie Wilkinson and Anita Roberts: Training facilitators to deliver an advanced communication course for senior health care professional in cancer and palliative care.
27: Patsy Yates: Communication in the context of cancer as a chronic disease
28: Talia Zaider, Shira Hichenberg, and Lauren Latella: Advancing family communication skills in oncology nursing
29: Anthony De La Cruz, Richard Brown, and Steve Passik: Ambulatory care nurses responding to depression
30: Anita Roberts: The last hours and days of life
31: Hannah Waterhouse, Melanie D.S. Burton , and Julia Neal: Elearning as a medium for communication skills training
32: Richard Brown and Terrance Albrecht: Enrolment in clinical trials
33: Jane Turner: Working as a multidisciplinary team
34: Clara Gaff, Louise Keogh. and Elizabeth Lobb: Communicating genetic risk
35: Diana Harcourt and Alex Clarke: Supporting patients considering reconstructive surgery
36: Penelope Schofield and Michael Jefford: Discussing unproven therapies
37: Kelly B Haskard-Zolnierek , Tricia A Miller: Promoting treatment adherence
38: Melanie Lovell and Frances Boyle: Communication strategies and skills for optimum pain control
39: Andy S..L. Tan and Thomas H. Gallagher: Discussing adverse outcomes with patients
40: Kimlin Tam Ashing, Noe R. Chavez, and Marshalee George: A health equity care model for improving communication and patient-centered care: a focus on oncology care and diversity
41: Bejoy C. Thomas and Rebecca L. Malhi: Challenges in communicating with ethnically diverse populations: the role of health literacy
42: Zeev Rosberger, Barry D. Bultz, Sylvie Aubin , and Peter Chan: Communicating about infertility risks
43: John W. Robinson, Joshua J. Lounsberry, and Lauren M. Walker: Communicating about sexuality in cancer care
44: Barry D. Bultz, Paul B. Jacobsen, and Matthew Loscalzo: Screening for distress: a communication tool that highlights patient concerns and facilitates psychosocial program development
45: Carrie Lethborg and Grace H. Christ: Social work support in crisis
46: Kimberly Feigin and Donna D Alessio: Communication in cancer radiology
47: Amanda Tristram: Communication in surgical oncology
48: Lai Cheng Yew and E Jane Maher: Communication in non-surgical oncology
49: Nikki Pease: Palliative medicine: communication to promote life near the end of life
50: Peter Speck and Christopher Herbert: Communication issues in pastoral care and chaplaincy
51: Bethan Tranter: Communication in oncology pharmacy: the challenge of treatment adherence
52: Ronald D. Adelman, Michele G. Greene, and Milagros D. Silva: Communication challenges with the elderly
53: Cynthia W. Moore and Paula K. Rauch: Communicating with children when a parent is dying
54: Ruth Manna, Carma L Bylund, Richard F. Brown, Barbara Lubrano di Ciccone, and Lyuba Konopasek: Facilitating skills practice in communication role play sessions: essential elements and training facilitators
55: Paul Heinrich: The role of the actor in medical education
56: Robert M Arnold, Anthony L Back, Walter F Baile, Kelly Fryer-Edwards, and James A Tulsky: The Oncotalk/Vitaltalk model
57: Frederic Stiefel, Juerg Bernhard, Gabriella Bianchi, Lilo Dietrich, Christoph Huerny, Alexander Kiss, Brigitta Woessmer, and Celine Bourquin: The Swiss model
58: Simon Noble, Nicola Pease: The United Kingdom general practitioner and palliative care model
59: Isabelle Merckaert, Yves Libert, and Darius Razavi: The Belgian experience in communication skills training
60: Luigi Grassi and Lucia Travado: EU policy initiatives and communication
61: Carma L. Bylund, Stephen Scott, and Khalid Alyafei: Communication skills training in Arab countries: opportunities and challenges, the Qatar experience
62: Lyuba Konopasek, Marcy Rosenbaum, John Encandela, and Kathy Cole-Kelly: Evaluating communication skills training courses
63: Felicia Roberts: Qualitative approaches to clinician patient communication
64: Phyllis Butow: Issues in coding cancer consultations: interaction analysis systems
65: Debra L. Roter, Sarina R. Isenberg, and Lauren M. Czaplicki: The Roter interaction analysis system (rias): applicability within the context of cancer and palliative care