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Serious illness conversations – The daily blog of behavioral and cognitive economics

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Serious illness conversations – The daily blog of behavioral and cognitive economics

Strategies from behavioral economics to improve the serious illnesses conversations from doctors to patients

We know that cancer is one of the diseases that cause severe physical and emotional distress in patients who suffer from it. These people are subjected to intensive care and treatment, sometimes unplanned. They undergo medical interventions of different types and some of these do not fit with their wishes about managing the possible end of their life. That is why there are the called Serious Illness Conversations (SICs) between doctor and patient. In them, the values, goals, and preferences of the patient are taken into account to make decisions regarding the disease and its treatment. ….[READ]

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