Navigating Communication With Seriously Ill Patients: Balancing Honesty With Empathy and Hope

read as a whole or used as a go-to reminder of a cognitive map and strategies to manage these conversations.On our first reading, we found ourselves agreeing wholeheartedly with the book's recommendations, but we struggled to put them into day-to-day clinical practice or to remember its acronyms weeks later.Finding the time and focus to practice these skills is a heavy lift for a busy family physcian.However, this book also makes an excellent point-of-care resource to prepare for challenging patient or family encounters.We recommend that physicians in training and seasoned clinicians read this book and keep it close at hand as they gradually strengthen the practice of person-centered communication in the most difficult situations.