Guideline 7: Including large families
11 out of 11Summary
Attempt to include all family members that the patient wishes to be involved:
- Try to accommodate as many family members as the patient wishes to have in the consultation room.
- If unable to accommodate all family members:
- Show respect to the family.
- Apologise for the lack of space in the consultation room.
- Consider asking the patient to nominate a smaller number of family members to attend the consultation.
- Consider including the family through:
- Teleconferencing,
- Holding a family meeting, or
- Audio recording consultations for family to review.
Ensure that the patient remains the focus of the consultation/meeting:
- Seat the patient closest to the clinician.
- Refer back to the patient throughout the consultation.
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