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Advice to Medical Students - your thoughts
Hi all, as a BCNA Community Liaison I have the opportunity to speak to a group of 2nd Year Medical Students at the University of Sydney next week as part of their Oncology Unit. The talk will focus o...
Focusing truly on patient-centred care: communicating well (openly, honestly and with respect and compassion) with patients; enabling them to feel in control; asking about them not just their cancer; spending time and allowing for questions; discussing all options available and empowering patients to make the ultimate choice (informed by experts) of what will happen to them; being present, looking the patient in the eye and seeing the human being (mother, sister, wife, daughter) in front of them.