Dr Brook interview “Physician’s personal challenges as a head and neck cancer patient and laryngectomee”. Brazilian Academy of speech and Voice. 2021

Dr Brook interview by Dr. Rui Imamura and Dr. Adriana Hachiya about “Physician’s personal challenges as a head and neck cancer patient and laryngectomee”. Brazilian Academy of speech and Voice. 2021 Voice Campaign.  San Paulo, Brazil. April 13, 2021. 

Issues discussed:

• Should doctors adopt a paternalistic stance, suggesting the best treatment for the patient or just expose the options and leave it to the patient to decide?
• Is it better that the physicians express a more optimistic or more pessimistic attitude regarding the prognosis?
• What advice would you give to a doctor who needs to give the news of advanced cancer to a patient?
• What were the main challenges you faced after laryngectomy?
• What touched you (in a good or a bad way) in these interactions between the doctors who treated you?

Link to the 14 minutes interview: https://youtu.be/ofaJ7XjhZ9k