New Challenges in Communication with Cancer Patients

Antonella Surbone is a medical oncologist working in Italy and the US. Together with Professor Zwitter and Richard Stiefel, she authored and edited the 1997 New York Academy of Sciences volume Communication with the Cancer Patient: Information and truth, which inspired her further work and this present book. Matjaz Zwitter is a radiation oncologist with a long-term interest in lung cancer, Hodgkins disease, and medical ethics. In addition, he serves as Professor of Medical Ethics at the Medical School, University of Maribor, Slovenia. Mirjana Rajer is a medical oncology student at the Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana. She is involved in clinical research in lung cancer and conducts research in cancer-patient communication, with special emphasis on the impact of media and the Internet on patient-physician communication. Richard Stiefel first worked with Drs. Surbone and Zwitter during his twenty years as Associate Editor of the Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences. He has had a parallel career as Lecturer in Music Theory at Hunter College of the City University of New York.

Table of Contents Communication: Back to the Human Side of Medicine Antonella Surbone, Matja Zwitter, Mirjana Rajer and Richard Stiefel Part I: The Cancer llness: Discovering Truth 1. From Truth Telling to Truth In the Making: A Paradigm Shift in Communication with Cancer Patients Antonella Surbone 2. Denial in Patient-Physician Communication Among Patients with Cancer Neil Aggarwal and Michael Rowe 3. Managing Uncertainty Lidia Schapira 4. Ethical Issues in Disclosing Bad News to Cancer Patients: Reflections of an Oncologist in Saudi Arabia Ali Al-Amri 5. Psychological Challenges for the Oncology Clinician Who Has to Break Bad News Friedrich Stiefel and Sonia Krenz 6. Dealing with Depression: Communicating with Cancer Patients and Grieving Relatives Luigi Grassi, Rosangela Caruso and Maria Giulia Nanni 7. Communication Issues in Integrative Oncology Donald Abrams 8. Communicating About Spiritual Issues with Cancer Patients Lorenzo Norris, Kathryn Walseman and Christina M. Puchalski 9. Understanding Perspective Transformation Among Recently Diagnosed Cancer Patients in Western India Avinash Thombre and Allen C. Sherman Part II: The Patient and The Family 10. In the Pursuit of Meaning: Cancer and the Family Lea Baider 11. The Patients Personality as a Guide to Communication Strategy Purvish Parikh, Kumar Prabhash, GS Bhattacharyya and AA Ranade 12. Challenges to the Disclosure of Bad News to Cancer Patients in the Middle East: Saudi Arabia as an Example Ali Aljubran 13. Talking to a Child with Cancer: Learning from the Experience Eulalia Lascar, Mara Anglica Alizade and Blanca Diez 14. Effective Communication with Older Cancer Patient Lodovico Balducci and Martine Extermann 15. I Never Died Before End-of-Life Communication with Elderly Cancer Patients Stein S. Huseb and Bettina S. Huseb 16. Communication with Cancer Patients about Palliative and End-of-Life Care Guido Biasco, Matteo Moroni and Ludovica De Panfilis 17. Communication with Patients with Hereditary Cancer: Practical Considerations Focusing on Womens Cancers Karen Carapetyan, Julia Smith and Franco Muggia Part III: The Physician 18. Physicians Emotions in the Cancer Setting: A Basic Guide to Improving Well-Being and Doctor-Patient Communication Marie Die Trill 19. The Setting, The Truth and The Dimensions of Communication with Cancer Patients Ursula Klocker Kaiser and Johann Klocker 20. Improving Communication Effectiveness in Oncology: The Role of Emotions Maria Antonietta Annunziata and Barbara Muzzatti 21. Binary Thinking: Hope and Realistic Expectations in Communication with Cancer Patients Jerome Lowenstein 22. A Physicians Personal Experiences as a Cancer-of-the-Neck Patient: Communication of Medical Errors to Cancer Patients and Their Families Itzhak Brook 23. Communication with Cancer Patients in Family Medicine Mustafa Fevzi Dikici, Fusun Yaris and Fusun Aysin Artiran Igde 24. How to Train Teachers of Communication Skills: The Oncotalk Teach Model Walter F. Baile 25. Communication Skills Training of Physicians in Portugal Luzia Travado 26. Communication between Cancer Patients and Oncologists in Japan Maiko Fujimori, Yuki Shirai and Yosuke Uchitomi Part IV: The Cultural and Social Aspects 27. Multicultural Aspects of Care for Cancer Patients in Israel Miri Cohen 28. Cancer Diagnosis Disclosure: The French Experience Sylvie Dolbeault and Anne Brdart 29. Communication with Patients with Hematological Malignancies in Argentina Astrid Pavlovsky, Lourdes Bertolino, Victoria Patxot and Carolina Pavlovsky 30. Teaching Cultural Competent Communication with Diverse Ethnic Patients and Families Marjori