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Questions
to Ask the Doctor (People Living With Cancer)
Provides examples of questions you may want to ask your doctor. Topics
include: general information, symptoms, diagnosis, staging, treatment,
clinical trials, support, follow-up care and tips on talking to your doctor.
[1/04]
Information
for the Asking: Questions to Help You Get the Information You Need from
Your Healthcare Providers (ALCASE)
Excellent ALCASE guide addresses issues related to patient-physician communication.
Topics include: identifying your personal decision- making style, finding
an advocate, and assessing your information needs. Provides a lists of
questions to ask when selecting a new physician, when evaluating your
physician's bedside manner, prior to and after testing, about treatment
options, and about clinical trials.
Fighting
Cancer: Physician-Patient Communication (R.A. Bloch
Cancer Foundation)
Offers guidelines for improving communications between patients and physicians.
Communication
is the Key to an Excellent Doctor-Patient Relationship (CancerSource.com)
Stresses the importance of communication in the doctor-patient relationship.
Topics include: information that might be helpful to your doctor, how
much information do you want, asking questions, and understanding and
remembering what the doctor says. [1/01]
How
to Talk with Your Doctor (JAMA Patient Page/Medem)
Discusses the importance of open and honest patient-physician communication
and the issue of confidentiality. Suggests ways to prepare for an office
visit and what to expect from your doctor. [12/99]
Preparing
for Your First Oncology Consultation (Oncolink)
Describes the different types of oncologists that patients see for
evaluation and treatment. Offers a checklist of things patients can do
to prepare for an oncology consultation that can make the experience easier.
[11/01]
The
Importance of Becoming Your Own Best Advocate (CancerSource.com)
Discusses why it is important to become your own best advocate and
offers tips on how to learn self-advocacy. Suggests ways that cancer survivors
can use their cancer experience to help others. [1/01]
Art of
Oncology: Setting Goals to Maintain Hope (Journal of
Clinical Oncology)
by Jamie H. Von Roenn and Charles F. von Gunten
v.21, no.3 Journal of Clinical Oncology (February 2003):
570-574
Interesting and helpful article written for practicing oncologists
about how to establish a doctor-patient relationship that allows patients
to maintain hope in the face of a deadly illness. Using a case of a man
with advanced lung cancer, the authors illustrate an approach to decision-making
that promotes hope. While this article is written from the perspective
of a physician, it contains advice and information that patients can use
in relationships with their own physicians. It would be a good article
for patients to bring to their oncologists to initiate discussion of the
important issues of hope, communication and the doctor-patient relationship.
[2/03]
The
Language of Cancer (Intelihealth)
Explains common cancer terminology that your doctor may use. Stresses
the importance of asking your doctor for an explanation when you don't
understand a word or term he or she uses. Registration required for free
access to Intelihealth. [2/04]
Organizing
Your Cancer Care (People Living With Cancer)
Offers suggestions on how to best organize your cancer care so that
you will be able to gain control and make decisions in a calm and timely
way. Topics include: how to file paperwork, how to organize for medical
appointments, and how to organize your finances. [2/04]
Medical
Forms (People Living With Cancer)
Provides blank forms to help you manage the information you need
for your medical care. Forms include: an extensive medical history form,
a form to record test results, insurance information and appointment notes,
and a form listing contact information for the members of your health
care team. [7/04]
Patients' Perspectives:
Managing Your Medical Records (yana.org)
Shares the patient experience of managing medical records. Details the
basic information you will need for your cancer journey: personal, physician,
legal, and medications. Describes the various kinds of medical records
you are likely to accumulate and provides suggestions on how to manage
them. Aimed at breast cancer patients, but this helpful advice applies
to all cancer patients. [01/99]
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