Soliciting Goals for Care: The Gateway to Shared Decision Making

Healthcare Communication: Effective Techniques for Clinicians by Bruce Wartman

Sep 28, 201917:58Science & Medicine

Howard Beckman, MD, discusses why every clinician needs to know the patients' goals, how articulating goals improves outcomes and helps the clinicians and what the research reflects; he encourages people to continue his...

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