The road not taken: Forgoing disease-directed treatments in advanced cancer. A rejoinder to ‘Concepts of health, ethics, and communication in shared decision making’ by Lauris Kaldjian

Authors

  • Larry D. Cripe Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Richard M. Frankel Indiana University School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.36371

Keywords:

forum discussion, Lauris Kaldjian

Author Biographies

  • Larry D. Cripe, Indiana University School of Medicine
    Larry Cripe is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Editor-in-Chief of the NCI PDQ Supportive and Palliative Care Board. His current research aims to develop computer-supported communication and decision-making frameworks to increase the likelihood that people with poor prognosis malignancies receive end of life (EOL) care consistent with their preferences and goals. In addition, he and Richard M Frankel study the potential mechanisms of the benefit of empathy in patient-oncologist interactions.
  • Richard M. Frankel, Indiana University School of Medicine
    Richard M. Frankel is professor of medicine and geriatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine and is the director of the Advanced Scholars Program for Internists in Research and Education (ASPIRE). He is also a senior researcher in the Center for Healthcare Information and Communication at the Richard L. Roudebush Indianapolis Veterans Administration and holds a staff appointment in the Education Institute of the Cleveland Clinic. To date, he has published more than 250 scientific papers about communication in healthcare and has edited 7 books.

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2018-10-26

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Vol. 14 No. 3 (2017)

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Forum Discussion

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Cripe, L. D., & Frankel, R. M. (2018). The road not taken: Forgoing disease-directed treatments in advanced cancer. A rejoinder to ‘Concepts of health, ethics, and communication in shared decision making’ by Lauris Kaldjian. Communication and Medicine, 14(3), 277-281. https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.36371