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Clinical Issues - Communication
Code status discussions sometimes difficult, but necessary
Learn how to broach the subject
Understanding individual preferences about code status is critical to delivering the care patients want. Still, code discussions between doctors and patients don’t always happen when they should, or at all. A 2008 study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine found that only 10% of patients in six university-based hospitals had documented code discussions within 24 hours of admission. More
Growing immigrant population spurs new regulations, education programs
Juan Lopez, a Hispanic man with limited English proficiency, is admitted to your hospital with severe abdominal pain. You think he needs surgery, but he insists that the pain is the result of a hex, and requests treatment from a witch doctor. How do you respond?
March '08
Listening in lieu of lecturing
Docs try motivational interviewing to change health behaviors
March '08
Picture boards help those who can't speak for themselves
More hospitals are using pictures to communicate with non-English speakers, the deaf and other nonverbal patients
January '08
Apologize like a pro
Expert offers strategies for talking to patients about adverse outcomes
January '08
Better communication at the end of life
Form ensures dying patients' wishes are carried out as medical orders
October '07
Hospital Medicine 2007
MDs and RNs speak different languages
Simple tips to improve nurse–physician communication
July '07
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From the July 28, 2010 edition
- After general surgery, sepsis and septic shock far more common than PE, MI
- Opt-out tests in ED detect slightly more patients with HIV
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