Born the 10th of March 1959, Friedrich Stiefel graduated from medical school of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He worked as a resident and fellow in Pathology, Internal Medicine, Oncology / Palliative Care and Psychiatry. He also spent two research fellowships, one in the Psychiatry Service of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York (1987-1989), and one in Palliative Medicine at the Edmonton General Hospital in Canada (1991).
He was Assistant Editor (1993-2000) and Associate Editor (2001-2007) of the Journal of Supportive Care in Cancer, Member of the Research Steering Committee of the European Association for Palliative Care (1998-2002), President of the Swiss Society of Palliative Care (1999-2005) and Vice-President of the Swiss Cancer League (2004-2007).
His clinical and research experience include case complexity of the medically ill, Communication Skills Training in Oncology and psychotherapy in patients with advanced disease.
He is the author of about 100 scientific articles in peer reviewed indexed journals, of over 30 chapters and has edited 5 books, among them “Communication in Cancer Care”, which was published by Springer in 2006.
Lausanne, January 2014
緩和ケアに携わっている医療従事者のためのコミュニケーションに関する特有の課題として次のようなものが挙げられる。
臨死期の患者に関わっている医療者に感情的活力を入れるためや、エンド・オブ・ライフが個々人、集合表象a)、社会的論議や緩和ケア医師のコミュニケーションの技術などの岐路にたっているという事実のため、これまでよく言われている話題(いかに情報や共感を与えるとか、関係性のきずなを強めるということ)に焦点を当てるだけでなく、臨床家が自分たちの身を守ってしまう原因に目を向けたり、感情移入反応、死の恐怖や死を表出するといったことにも焦点を当てるべきである。同様に社会的組織の構築にも注目し、疾患や死(dying)に関して議論することに重きをおくことも大切である。(3-6)
a) 集合表象:集団あるいは全体社会に共有された行動・思考の様式
(邦訳:小池和彦)