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Rice TR, Dobry Y, Novakovic V, et al. The importance of patient-provider communication in end-of-life care. J Bioeth Inq. 2012;9(4):439-41doi: 10.1007/s11673-012-9397-4.
Rice, T. R., Dobry, Y., Novakovic, V., & Appel, J. M. (2012). The importance of patient-provider communication in end-of-life care. Journal of bioethical inquiry, 9(4), 439-41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-012-9397-4
Rice, Timothy R, et al. "The importance of patient-provider communication in end-of-life care." Journal of bioethical inquiry vol. 9,4 (2012): 439-41. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-012-9397-4
Rice TR, Dobry Y, Novakovic V, Appel JM. The importance of patient-provider communication in end-of-life care. J Bioeth Inq. 2012 Dec;9(4):439-41. doi: 10.1007/s11673-012-9397-4. Epub 2012 Oct 25. PMID: 23188403.
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J Bioeth Inq. 2012 Dec;9(4):439-41. doi: 10.1007/s11673-012-9397-4. Epub 2012 Oct 25.

The importance of patient-provider communication in end-of-life care.

Journal of bioethical inquiry

Timothy R Rice, Yuriy Dobry, Vladan Novakovic, Jacob M Appel

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychiatry, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Box 1230, 1425 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 23188403 DOI: 10.1007/s11673-012-9397-4

Abstract

Successful formulation and implementation of end-of-life care requires ongoing communication with the patient. When patients, for reasons of general medical or psychiatric illness, fail to verbally communicate, providers must be receptive to messages conveyed through alternate avenues of communication. We present the narrative of a man with schizophrenia who wished to forgo hemodialysis as a study in the ethical importance of attention to nonverbal communication. A multilayered understanding of the patient, as may be provided by both behavioral and motivational models, can inform the provider's ability to receive, process, and represent communicated content to the patient or his or her surrogate decision-maker.

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