Palliative medicine specialist Laura Shoemaker, DO, believes that it’s key for physicians to begin a difficult conversation by finding out what the patient knows about their condition. “Ask what they’ve been told and what their understanding of that is. Find out what’s most important to them.”
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Voice and swallowing issues in older patients, which appear to be more common than historically believed, can significantly compromise quality of life.
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