“I’ve read your son’s chart, so I know about his medical condition. I was hoping you could tell me about what your son is like as a person,” I said. The tears started to flow. “Nobody has ever asked me that before,” his mother said.
Read the above article here on CLOSLER to learn more about how Dr. Jared Rubenstein, a pediatric palliative care physician, navigates conversations with families and children with severe neurologic impairment (SNI). One of his techniques includes starting every visit by asking the parents to show him photos of their child's life at home. Leave your thoughts in the comments below about how this may help establish a foundation of trust in the therapeutic relationship!
"It’s so common to hear parents of children with SNI talk about how medical teams always see their child at their worst moments, and never get to see them at their best. Beginning an inpatient visit with a review of photos and videos of life at home takes only a few minutes, but it’s an invaluable window into someone’s personhood."
Read the above article here on CLOSLER to learn more about how Dr. Jared Rubenstein, a pediatric palliative care physician, navigates conversations with families and children with severe neurologic impairment (SNI). One of his techniques includes starting every visit by asking the parents to show him photos of their child's life at home. Leave your thoughts in the comments below about how this may help establish a foundation of trust in the therapeutic relationship!
"It’s so common to hear parents of children with SNI talk about how medical teams always see their child at their worst moments, and never get to see them at their best. Beginning an inpatient visit with a review of photos and videos of life at home takes only a few minutes, but it’s an invaluable window into someone’s personhood."