It would depend on a lot of things. 1. What is the cultural or religious background of the patient? What do they understand about death? 2. What are their wishes about dying? Do they want to be resuscitated, if they have a heart attack? The language you would use is generally indirect: I'd like to talk to you about something we call 'DNAR' - Do Not Attempt Resuscitation. It's important that I know what your wishes are. Would you mind, if we had a chat?
Virginia Allum Thank you ms. Virginia. I am actually trying on a speaking role play where my patient loses hope in finding a donor for his renal transplant and demanded for a DNR instead as he wanted to die with dignity. Should I suggest to refer the patient to a counsellor to discuss the patient's request? How should I handle that kind of situation mam?
The speech is quite fast, however, it is linked to activities in a book 'English for Carers'- you can find the transcript too.
Virginia Allum
where can we find transcript?
Hi! How would you discuss dnr to a patient?
It would depend on a lot of things. 1. What is the cultural or religious background of the patient? What do they understand about death? 2. What are their wishes about dying? Do they want to be resuscitated, if they have a heart attack?
The language you would use is generally indirect:
I'd like to talk to you about something we call 'DNAR' - Do Not Attempt Resuscitation. It's important that I know what your wishes are. Would you mind, if we had a chat?
Virginia Allum
Thank you ms. Virginia. I am actually trying on a speaking role play where my patient loses hope in finding a donor for his renal transplant and demanded for a DNR instead as he wanted to die with dignity.
Should I suggest to refer the patient to a counsellor to discuss the patient's request?
How should I handle that kind of situation mam?
too fast. little bit difficult to understand the conversation.