Dr. Michael Kelley: Why Is It Important for You to Empower Patients?
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Why is it important to empower patients? Expert Dr. Michael Kelley from Duke University School of Medicine discusses key concepts and communication methods that he utilizes with his patients to collaborate with them in their cancer care.
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Transcript:
Dr. Michael Kelley:
The key concepts that I try to work on in order to empower my patients is, one is to let them know that we’re a team, that I work for them, and that the information that I have, I want to make sure that they have. And any information that they have, like what symptoms they’re experiencing, or any tests that were done that I didn’t order, that all that information gets put together and we discuss that together as a team and make a plan to go forward so that there is access to all the information and there’s complete transparency and open lines of communication.
So that to me is the core of empowerment, is that, there is a conjoined team-like effort which is being exerted to the benefit of the patient and what the patient’s goals are. And the characteristics of that relationship are, as I said, are communication and information and mutual respect for each other so that when you work together you’re going to get a much better result than if you’re working separately.
