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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 (對家⼈人的
建議予以肯定)
• A= Acknowledge family emotions (認知並接受家⼈人
情緒)
• L= Listen (傾聽)
• U= Understand the patient as a person (視病⼈人為
⼈人)
• E= Elicit family questions (引導家⼈人發問)
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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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