title: Prescribing hope. Empathy, open communication should be in your doctor's bag when treating seriously ill patients.
authors.forename: M P Ravindra
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Nathan
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003142:Communication; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000523:psychology*; D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000523:psychology*