BIOGRAPHY

Dr Jonathan Adler is a Palliative Medicine Physician who dual trained in the UK and Australasia.  He is the Clinical Lead for Palliative Care at Wellington Regional Hospital CCDHB, and also a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Wellington School of Medicine, University of Otago.  Jonathan’s areas of interest include patient centered communication skills teaching and training, symptom control, ethics at the end of life, advance care planning and goals of care, and prognostication.

ABSTRACT

Communication Around Treatment Choices

Effective treatment decisions with sick patients when your time is short: What communication strategies help?