The communication skills of noticing emotional cues and responding empathically are
necessary but insufficient for some conversations about redefining goals of care. For some …

The query,“Isn't there anything more you can do?” represents a classic informational
question with an emotional subtext. In our previous work we have emphasized the value of …

This paper discusses a case example from a larger case narrative study conducted by the
authors during 1995–1999. The case illustrates the premise that the dying experience is …

Background: Although empathic responding is considered a core competency in specialty
palliative care (PC), patterns of empathic communication in PC encounters are not well …

Medical oncologists and patients with advanced cancer struggle to discuss prognosis, goals,
options, and values in a timely fashion. As a consequence, many patients die receiving …

In recent years,“empathy” has been identified as a form of emotional engagement beneficial
to patient care. Although usage varies, the term refers to sharing the feelings of another as a …

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to explore empathic communication opportunities
presented by family caregivers and responses from interdisciplinary hospice team members …

Attunement, the process of understanding and responding to another's spoken and
unspoken needs, is a fundamental concept of human development and the basis of …

The article discusses the implications of empathy gap for palliative care decision making
and how it could shed light on physician perceptions of initiating palliative care as depriving …

Empathy is essential to patient-centered care and is a crucial component of effective
clinician-patient communication. 4 e20 Evidence suggests that empathy in medical practice …