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Anticipatory care
FromThe BMJ Podcast
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Aug 5, 2016
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Podcast episode
Description
“How long have I got, doc” is a TV medical drama cliche - but like all cliches has it’s feet in real life - and it’s medicine’s attempt to answer these questions that the authors of an analysis article on TheBMJ.com are questioning.
Kirsty Boyd is a consultant in palliative care in NHS lothian, a trainer and a researcher with the University of Edinburgh. Scott Murray is a GP, and St Columba's Hospice Chair of Primary Palliative Care, also at the University of edinburgh. They argue that it’s time to rethink how we talk about prognosis, and what conversations to have as patients become more unwell.
Read the full analysis:
http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i3802
Kirsty Boyd is a consultant in palliative care in NHS lothian, a trainer and a researcher with the University of Edinburgh. Scott Murray is a GP, and St Columba's Hospice Chair of Primary Palliative Care, also at the University of edinburgh. They argue that it’s time to rethink how we talk about prognosis, and what conversations to have as patients become more unwell.
Read the full analysis:
http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i3802
Released:
Aug 5, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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