I*CARE Roundtable
Roundtable with Dr. Luigi Grassi (34:46)
A conversation with Walter F. Baile, MD and Luigi Grassi, M.D., Professor and Chair of Psychiatry, Chair Department of Biomedical & Specialty Surgical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Italy, about methods and results of a method of detecting patient distress using the “Distress Thermometer” on May 1, 2012.
Roundtable with Dr. Harvey Chochinov (33:23)
A conversation with Walter F. Baile, MD and Harvey Max Chochinov, MD PhD FRCPC FRSC, Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care, Distinguished Professor-Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Director-Manitoba Palliative Care Research Unit, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, about how dignity conserving strategies can help patients and families face the end of life on April 26, 2012.
Roundtable with Dr. David Gaba (26:15)
A Conversation with Walter Baile, M.D. and David Gaba, M.D., Professor of Anesthesia and Associate Dean for Immersive and Simulation-based Learning at Stanford University on March 15, 2012.
Roundtable interview with Dr. Leslie Schover (23:46)
A conversation with Walter F. Baile, MD and Leslie R. Schover, PhD, Professor of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center on communicating with cancer patients about sexuality and fertility issues.
Roundtable with Dr. David Kissane (31:58)
A Conversation with Walter Baile, M.D. and David W. Kissane, M.D., Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Jimmie C. Holland Chair on December 13, 2011.
Roundtable with Rebecca Walters (26:23)
Rebecca Walters, MS, LMHC, TEP, Director at Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute, talks about methods to enhance relationships with patients and others by creating empathic understanding and improved communication.
Roundtable with Dr. Massimo Biondi (24:51)
A Conversation with Walter Baile, M.D. and Massimo Biondi, M.D. on May 10, 2011 about psychobiology of communication and doctor-patient relationships.
Roundtable with Dr. Susan Block (35:57)
Susan Block, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at Harvard Medical School, talks about early values and goals discussions with oncology patients with poor prognoses.
Roundtable with Dr. Thomas Smith (28:28)
Thomas Smith, M.D. of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System and a Massey Endowed Professor of Palliative Care Research and Medicine, discusses how and why oncologists should help patients make treatment decisions
Roundtable with Dr. Richard Street Jr. (35:57)
Richard L. Street Jr., Ph.D., Professor and Head, Department of Communication, Texas A&M University, discusses evidence based findings that link effective communication with important health outcomes for patient and family
Roundtable with Dr. Eduardo Bruera (27:05)
Eduardo Bruera, M.D., Chair, Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center discusses the role of the health care professional in delivering support to the patient and family at the end of life.
Roundtable with Dr. Robert Buckman (18:52)
Dr. Robert Buckman teaches you to say "the wrong thing" in the right way and keeps you laughing as you learn. He is a medical oncologist at the Princess Margaret Hospital, a professor at the University of Toronto, and adjunct professor at MD Anderson. Communicating difficult messages has always been one of Dr. Buckman's critical skills, and laughter is some of his best medicine.
Roundtable with Dr. Terrance L. Albrecht (31:58)
Dr. Albrecht is the program leader for the Communication and Behavioral Oncology Program, assistant program leader for the Population Studies and Prevention Program, director of the new Behavioral and Field Research Core and principal investigator of the Cancer Information Service Partnership Program at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan. She is also a professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine.
Roundtable with Dr. Antonella Surbone (28:49)
Dr. Surbone 
trained in radiation therapy and medical oncology at the National Tumor Institute in Milan, Italy, and at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda. She is currently professor of medicine at New York University, New York, and lecturer in moral philosophy and bioethics at the Universities of Rome and Turin, Italy. From 2004 to 2006 she was head of the Teaching Research & Development Department of the European School of Oncology in Milan, Italy. She has published extensively in the fields of medical oncology and bioethics, focusing on patient-doctor communication and relationship, truth telling and cultural competence, ethical and social implications of genetic testing for cancer predispositions, ethics of clinical trials in the elderly and disclosure of medical errors in oncology. Selected References (pdf)
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Roundtable with Dr. Anthony Back (21:00)
Anthony Back, M.D., is professor of medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is director of the Cancer Communication and Palliative Care Programs at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) and Fred Hutchinson Cancer 
Research Center (FHCRC). He is a board-certified medical oncologist whose primary research interests are doctor-patient communication and palliative care, and he practices gastrointestinal oncology. Dr. Back was a faculty scholar on the Project on Death in America and is a member of the ASCO Communication Task Force. He is the principal investigator for The Oncotalk Teach communication skills training program for Medical Oncology fellows (R25 CA 119019), and is an investigator on other NIH-funded observational studies of doctor-patient communication about hope and information (R01 PI J.R. Curtis) and prognosis in hematologic malignancies (R01 P.I. Stephanie Lee).
MedScape interview with Dr. Walter Baile
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Although all clinicians need to be adept at communicating with patients, oncologists in particular are faced with difficult conversations on a regular basis. Informing a patient about a cancer diagnosis, the fact that a tumor is inoperable, the recurrence of disease or the progression of disease are daily challenges for many oncologists. Considering the frequency of bad news in the cancer setting, communicating in a clear, respectful and supportive way is a very important skill for oncologists. Dr. Walter Baile, professor of behavioral science and director of the I*CARE Program, talks about communicating with cancer patients, focusing on those particularly delicate conversations that take place when the news is bad.
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