Timothy Gilligan, MD, MS

    Timothy Gilligan, MD, MS

    Co-director of the Center for Excellence in Healthcare Communication, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
    • Teaching Physicians Communications Skills Wednesday, July 1st, 2015

      Here’s a patient scenario you might have encountered: One day, a patient with a highly curable cancer is admitted to our hospital, but he will not consent to the chemotherapy needed to be cured. The health-care team has been discussing his treatment options with him for days, but the team is not making any progress. [...]