Autorentext

DR. HM CHOCHINOV is an internationally renowned clinician-research, whose work in palliative care has provided comfort and dignity for countless patients and their families worldwide. He is an Officer in the Order of Canada and an inductee in the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

Klappentext

'In Search of Dignity' is a collection of candid and insightful publications from one of the world's leading palliative care researchers. It follows Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov's decades-long career, beginning as a young psychiatrist from the University of Manitoba to his experience at the prestigious Cornell Medical College and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre. Shaped by patient interaction, his deeply human journey formed the basis of a novel program of research and clinical innovations that have helped to shape the field of palliative medicine and person-centered care worldwide. Dr. Chochinov's research and reflections explore issues that strike at the heart of what it means to be human, vulnerable, and mortal. The chapters reveal the story behind the story of each published paper or speech, the wisdom gained from patients nearing death, and their relevance today. Topics include maintaining self-identity during illness, understanding depression, the impact of illness on the will to live, and how affirmation shapes dignity. Engaging and empathetic, Dr. Chochinov pays homage to individuals who inspired his research. He reveals their wisdom in a kind, insightful, and sometimes humorous style that is easily readable for anyone interested in the psychological and spiritual dimensions of end-of-life care, especially medical students, clinicians, nurses, researchers, or those caring for loved ones.

Inhalt

• Introduction
• SECTION 1. EARLY BEGINNINGS
• 1: The Culture of Research in Palliative Care: You Probably Think This Song Is About You
• 2: The Five Research Cs
• 3: Humility and the Practice of Medicine
• 4: Thinking Outside the Box: Depression, Hope, and Meaning at the End of Life
• SECTION 2. DIGNITY ... AND MORE DIGNITY
• 5: Dignity and the Eye of the Beholder
• 6: Dignity. Dignity? Dignity!
• 7: Dignity, Memory, and Final Wishes of Dying Children
• 8. Death, Dying, and Dignity in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
• SECTION 3. PERSONHOOD AND ATTENDING TO SUFFERING
• 9. Why is Being a Patient a Difficult Pill to Swallow?
• 10. Michael J. Fox Gives Patients Hope There May Be a Place Illness Doesn't Touch
• 11. Depression Is a Liar
• 12. The Platinum Rule: A New Standard for Person-Centered Care
• 13. Seeing Ellen and the Platinum Rule
• 14. Healthcare Provider as Witness
• 15. Dying Well: Why We All Need to Have End-of-Life Conversations
• 16. In Search of a Good Death
• 17. How People with Advanced Cancer Can Find Meaning Toward the End of Life: An Expert Perspective
• 18. Health Care, Health Caring, and the Culture of Medicine
• 19. Intensive Caring: Reminding Patients They Matter
• 20. Intensive Caring: Reminding Families They Matter
• 21. Fractured Personhood, Suicide, and Lessons from Those Nearing Death
• 22. The Secret Is Out: Patients Are People with Feelings That Matter
• 23. Death, Time, and the Theory of Relativity
• 24. Vicarious Grief and Response to Global Disasters
• SECTION 4. REFLECTIONS ON HASTENING DEATH
• 25. In Praise of Wisdom: A Morality Tale
• 26. Secobarbital in Seattle: Why Lose Sleep?
• 27. Canada Failing on Palliative Care
• 28. Medical Assistance in Dying: Data and Casting Assertions Aside
• 29. Protecting, Caring for the Mentally Ill
• 30. Intensive, Compassionate CaringNot Medical Assistance in DyingIs Most Effective Way to Address Mental Illness
• 31. Is Medical Assistance in Dying Part of Palliative Care?
• SECTION 5. PERSONAL REFLECTIONS
• 32. Cruising for a Bruising
• 33. Reflections on Losing a Friend
• 34. Barneys Version: Observations from the Edge
• 35. Acceptance Speech for Outstanding Achievement in Research Award from the Canadian Cancer Research Alliance
• 36. Address Given to Student Forum, Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
• 37. Address to the Incoming Medical Students, Class of 2028 White Coat Ceremony
• Index