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The Ask-Tell-Ask Approach in Four Steps

1-800-HOSPICE

Doctors Isaac and Curtis presented this approach as a remedy for challenges in patient care being revealed by current research: The majority of patients in advanced disease states want to know their life expectancy, but only a minority of patients recall having such conversations with their doctors. 2003; 51 (10): 1398-1403.

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18 best books for nurses about grief, death and loss

The Nurse Break

Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill. For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. To expect or require only grief-stricken behaviour from the bereaved does them harm. A stunning book of electric honesty and passion.

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