Virginia L. Seno, PhD
Virginia L. Seno is a health care executive.
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Physicians
Everyone suffers when communication fails at the end of life. Though we may “know in our hearts” what to do in difficult situations; anxiety and bias close us down. We lose our ability to say and act on what we…
Everyone suffers when communication fails at the end of life. Though we may “know in our hearts” what to do in difficult situations; anxiety and bias close us down. We lose our ability to say and act on what we know is best.
Physicians and nurses suffer when they “know in their hearts” that they are doing harm performing CPR on people at a natural end of their lives on people …
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What does it take to have successful end of life conversations?
Patients
Most people wish that they knew what to say and do, and how to be when approaching dying, death and grief. Because we’re uncomfortable and unprepared for end-of-life encounters, we either stay away, say and do things that don’t help;…
Most people wish that they knew what to say and do, and how to be when approaching dying, death and grief.
Because we’re uncomfortable and unprepared for end-of-life encounters, we either stay away, say and do things that don’t help; or act in ways that are neither becoming nor helpful to the people about whom we care.
What if you did know what to say, what to do and how to be …
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3 tools to start the end of life conversation
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