III. Palliative Care
B. Communication
This section includes City of Hope publications and other resources
and publications related to palliative care communication.
Goldsmith, J., Ferrell, B., Wittenberg-Lyles, E., & Ragan, S.
(2013).Palliative
care communication andoncology
nursing.Clinical
Journal of Oncology Nursing, 17(2), 163-167.
DOI: 10.1188/13.CJON.163-167.
Communication in Palliative Nursing
-Wittenberg-Lyles, E., Goldsmith, J., Ferrell, B., & Ragan, S.
(2012). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN:978-0199796823.
End-of-Life
Care: Improving Communication Skills to Enhance Palliative Care
-Learn the differences between hospice and
palliative care, and
how to communicate
with patients and familiesto
learn their
end-of-life wishes. CE credits offered by
Medscape
Nurses without fee for this Web-
basedcontinuing
education program. (One
time-free registration required to
access
Medscape.)
Patient-Centered Communication in Cancer Care: Promoting Healing
and Reducing Suffering
-This monograph lays the foundation for
future innovative
research in the area of
patient-centeredcommunication in oncology
as well as other illness settings.
Highlights include: conceptualization of
patient-centered
communication into six key
functions; emphasis on research that
examines the relationship between patient-
centered
communication and patient health
outcomes; detailed discussion
of potential
mediating andmoderating mechanisms of
the association between communication
and
patient outcomes; and identificationof
specific research priorities that would guide
NCI in planning
future research initiatives in
this important area.