Web-based CME Program
Telling the Truth:
The Challenges of Physician-Patient Communication During Difficult Circumstances
August 2007
Presented by:
James P. Malone, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Otolaryngology
SimmonsCooper Cancer Institute
SIU School of Medicine
and
Bob Bussing, MD
General Internist
Koke Mill Medical Associates
Springfield, IL
Participants will be able to:
- Identify the factors that create difficulty in telling the cancer patient bad news.
- Understand the setting, timing and content for telling the cancer patient bad news.
- Develop a strategy for delivering bad news to the cancer patient.
Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of SIU School of Medicine to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its educational activities. All faculty participating are expected to disclose to the program audiences any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of their presentation.
Drs. Malone and Bussing have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Registration is free
