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End-of-Life Care Comfort Level

Assess your comfort level with end-of-life care conversations

This is an educational self-reflection tool, not a clinical diagnostic instrument. It is not a substitute for professional medical or psychological evaluation.

1.How comfortable are you initiating conversations about death and dying with patients?

2.How prepared do you feel to discuss prognosis honestly with terminal patients?

3.How do you feel when a patient or family asks you about what happens after death?

4.Have you ever been present at a patient's death and found it personally affecting?

5.Do you feel your training adequately prepared you for end-of-life conversations?

Physicians' Untold Stories by Dr. Scott Kolbaba

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The Stories Medicine Never Told You

Public descriptions say the book draws on more than 200 physician interviews and presents 26 selected accounts involving end-of-life experiences, unexpected recoveries, faith, and other events the narrators found difficult to explain.

By Dr. Scott J. Kolbaba, MD. Check the retailer for current formats, pricing, and reader ratings.