Doctors, dyscommunication, and death.
The problems of dyscommunication between physician and the dying patient are discussed. A personal encounter with cancer is shared. The experience helped the physician-author to communicate openly with his patients and to regard them as persons with needs for care, comfort, and reassurance.
D001293:Attitude to Death; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States