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Evidence-based
recommendation for
conducting family conference
?? Find a private location (安靜 不受干擾)
?? Increase proportion of time spent listening to
family (多傾聽)
?? Use “VALUE” mnemonic during family
conference
?? Identify commonly missed opportunities
?? Assure family that the patient will not suffer
?? Provide explicit support (詳盡明確的?支持) for
decisions made by family
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Evidence-based recommendation
for conducting family conference
?? Find a private location
?? Increase proportion of time spent listening to family
?? Use “VALUE” mnemonic during family conference
?? V= value comments made by the family (對家?人的
建議予以肯定)
?? A= Acknowledge family emotions (認知並接受家?人
情緒)
?? L= Listen (傾聽)
?? U= Understand the patient as a person (視病?人為
?人)
?? E= Elicit family questions (引導家?人發問)
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Evidence-based recommendation
for conducting family conference
?? Find a private location
?? Increase proportion of time spent listening to family
?? Use “VALUE” mnemonic during family conference
?? Identify commonly missed opportunities
Listen and respond to family members.
Acknowledge and address family emotions.
Explore and focus on patient values and treatment
preferences.
Affirm nonabandonment of patient and family.
?? Assure family that the patient will not suffer
?? Provide explicit support for decisions made by family
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