Oncology · Explanation & counselling

What matters most

Hard

15 min station · 2 min reading · Curtin Year 5

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2 min reading · 15 min station · reminders at 2 min

Instructions

You are an intern on the oncology ward. Judith Pemberton, 68, has metastatic pancreatic cancer and her oncologist has stopped chemotherapy. The consultant asks you to talk with her and her daughter about what matters to her now.

  1. Take a focused history of her understanding and priorities

  2. Discuss her goals of care with Mrs Pemberton and her daughter

  3. Agree a plan with Mrs Pemberton

  • You do not need to examine the patient