Wendy S. Harpham, MD, FACP of Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas advises on how to focus on hope for the best clinical outcomes for patients. She believes that hope is a feeling that is based on a belief of a future outcome. Patients are basing their beliefs on what doctors show them, which are stories, impressions, and facts that are based on a reality. If doctors succeed in providing these truths, then hope should naturally occur in patients, and that is the best outcome. This was recorded at ASCO’s Cancer Survivorship Symposium: Advancing Care and Research in San Diego, CA.
How to Focus on Hope for the Best Clinical Outcomes
