FINDING THE WORDS

NHS End of Life Care Programme commissioned project for a series of videos exploring the challenges faced by health professionals in communicating appropriately with those living with life-limiting illness.

The way they told me

1. What do you want? (2:53)

How can we know what patients want if we don’t ask them? Rosetta Life for National End of Life Care Programme

What do you want?

2. Communication breakdown. (2:53)

Finding the words matters immensely, but what are the right words?

Communication breakdown

3. Cold Calls. (2:12)

How bad news is communicated matters almost as much as the bad news itself. Rosetta Life for National End of Life Care Programme

Saying it

4. Am I a person or a disease? (2:01)

How bad news is communicated matters almost as much as the bad news itself. Rosetta Life for National End of Life Care Programme

Remembering

5. Shooting the messenger. (1:21)

What does it feel like to be the one who breaks bad news? Rosetta Life for National End of Life Care Programme

Shooting the Messenger

6. How much truth can a spirit bear? (3:44)

Would you want the truth about a life-threatening illness? The whole truth or a bit of it? Rosetta Life for National End of Life Care Programme.

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