Dr.
Merle Miller 
Dr. Mark Sitarik 
Kim
Mooney
TELL ME THE TRUTH,
DOC. Or maybe not. Clear communication with
the medical team makes all the difference in
very sick people getting the right kind of
information to make good choices about
quality-of-life care when the possibility of
cure is still in question. Studies show that
patients wait for doctors to tell them what's
really going on, and doctors wait for patients
to "bring it up". In this session, we'll talk
about how to shape conversations that will help
you understand what is happening when you need
to know and want to know.
Dr. Merle Miller is a
physician with HospiceCare of Boulder and
Broomfield Counties and was previously in the
Emergency Department at Longmont United
Hospital.
Dr. Mark Sitarik is an oncology and hematology
physician with Rocky Mountain Cancer Center. He
has practiced medicine in Boulder for 25 years
and served as HospiceCare's medical director
from 1987 to 1992.
Both Dr. Sitarik and Dr. Miller have developed
practices based on respecting their patients as
individuals with unique needs and goals.
Kim Mooney is the Director of Community
Education for HospiceCare of Boulder and
Broomfield Counties and has been working to
create honest, sophisticated public dialogue
about end-of-life issues for 19 years.
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