Dignity in Care
The Government of Canada has announced that Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov, Director of the Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, will chair a panel that will consult with Canadians on how to respond to the Supreme Court of Canada’s Carter decision.
Read the Government of Canada’s News Release here: http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=1002949&tp=1
Department of Justice publication: https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/other-autre/pad-amm/nr-cp.html
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Eliciting Personhood Within Clinical Practice: Effects on Patients, Families, and Health Care Providers. Chochinov HM, McClement S, Hack T, Thompson G, Dufault B, Harlos M. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 Dec 17. pii: S0885-3924(14)00914-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.11.291. FREE
Health care, health caring, and the culture of medicine. Chochinov HM. Current Oncology. 2014 Oct;21(5):e668-9.
The secret is out: patients are people with feelings that matter. Chochinov HM. Palliat Support Care. 2013 Aug;11(4):287-8.
Dignity in care: time to take action. Chochinov HM. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2013 Nov;46(5):756-9.
Cause and rate of death in people with schizophrenia across the lifespan: a population-based study in Manitoba, Canada. Kredentser MS, Martens PJ, Chochinov HM, Prior HJ. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2014 Feb;75(2):154-61.
Health care provider communication: An empirical model of therapeutic effectiveness. Chochinov, H. M., McClement, S. E., Hack, T. F., McKeen, N. A., Rach, A. M., Gagnon, P., Sinclair, S., Taylor-Brown, J. (2013), Cancer. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27949
This paper provides an empirical model of optimal therapeutic effectiveness, offering healthcare professionals detailed insights regarding the elements of effective communication and psychosocial care for patients experiencing illness-related distress.
This article can also be accessed from:
• ResearchGate: (researchgate.net/profile/Harvey_Chochinov/)
• Cancer – Wiley Online Library
• Pubmed
Supplemental Material:
1. Table of theme and sub-theme definitions and exemplars
2. One page black and white handout of Model of Therapeutic Effectiveness
3. One page colour handout of Model of Therapeutic Effectiveness