Dignity in Care

Abstract

Abstract Dignity in Care: The Human Side of Medicine brings together decades of clinical experience and rigorous research from one of the world’s leading authorities on palliative care and dignity in the healthcare setting. Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov, a seasoned psychiatrist, healthcare leader, and prolific researcher, has distilled his insights about caring for patients and achieving dignity in care for anyone facing the need for healthcare. This book has been written for everyone who deals with patients as part of their work, be they doctors, nurses, social workers, hospital chaplains, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, physician’s assistants, healthcare aides, x-ray technologists, radiation therapists, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, medical receptionists, or healthcare trainees of any kind. Dignity in Care: The Human Side of Medicine explains why patients respond as they do and how the disposition and attitude of healthcare providers indelibly shapes patient experience. The text details the various components of optimal therapeutic communication and offers ways of understanding and delivering dignity in care. This book, already hailed as “a must read for all healthcare providers,” is chock full of wonderful stories and impeccable evidence designed to move healthcare providers—and those they care for—toward the human side of medicine.