Publication details

Komunikace s onkologickým pacientem

Title in English Communication with cancer patient
Authors

HALÁMKOVÁ Jana SLÁMA Ondřej ADÁMKOVÁ KRÁKOROVÁ Dagmar DEMLOVÁ Regina KUŘE Josef

Year of publication 2019
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Vnitřní lékařství
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Web https://casopisvnitrnilekarstvi.cz/pdfs/vnl/2019/05/06.pdf
Keywords communication; oncology patient; SPIKES
Description The oncological patients meet the diverse physicians in the different stages of their illness. It is important for other physicians to know a basic rules of supportive effective communication. There are big differences between patients in the communication style and type of information they accept. Patient´s information requirements may also change at various stages of the disease. Providing bad news is a frequent and important communication challenge for physicians. Internationally recognized and proven recommendation for communication is the six steps known as the SPIKES. Prolonging survival of cancer patients means not only communicating disease information but also information about irreversible and potentially irreversible side effects of treatment, disease complications, and limited prognosis. The communication skills are not inborn and do not necessarily improve with the clinical experience, this skill should be learned through structured communication training. It’s the effective communication that lets talk sensitively about serious facts in the time-limited consultation.
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