Physicians’ Perceptions and Suggestions for the Adaptation of a US-Based Serious Illness Communication Training in a Non-US Culture: A Qualitative Study

• Published in: Journal of pain and symptom management Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 400 - 409.e3
• Main Authors: Onishi, Eriko, Nakagawa, Shunichi, Uemura, Takeshi, Shiozawa, Youkie, Yuasa, Misuzu, Ito, Kaori, Kobayashi, Yuki, Ishikawa, Hirono, Ouchi, Kei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2021; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Anesthesia; Clinical medicine; Communication; communication skills training; Culture; Efficacy; Emotions; Empathy; End-of-life discussion; Humans; Illnesses; Interviews; Japan; Japanese physicians; Pain Medicine; Pedagogy; Perception; Physician-Patient Relations; Physicians; Qualitative Research; qualitative study; Role playing; serious ill patients; Teaching; United States; United States; Japan; United States > US; Japanese physicians; End-of-life discussion; qualitative study; serious ill patients; emotions; communication skills training

US-based serious illness communication training pedagogy has not been well studied outside of the United States. To explore the perception of a US-based, serious illness communication training pedagogy in a non-US culture and to identify aspects requiring cultural adaptations. In September 2019, we...