Palliative Matters

Managing Uncertainty in End-of-Life Care

Dr. John Mulder and Dr. Jason Beckrow Season 3 Episode 4

For each diagnosis, there is an expected path that the disease will take. But along that path are many offshoots of possibilities, known and unknown. Amid the uncertainty, how can providers manage expectations and continue to build trust with their patients? In this episode, Dr. John Mulder and Dr. Jason Beckrow discuss how they operate in the realm of uncertainty when patients and their loved ones are often looking for finite answers.