If you’re like me, doctor appointments may fill you with dread – especially if you’re experiencing a serious medical condition. Those conversation are among the most difficult many of us will experience, for both patients and doctors.

But fear not! Our guest today is Dr. Toyosi Onwuemene, a hematologist and associate professor of medicine at Duke University. Toyosi explains how doctors approach those difficult conversations with patients and the skills and techniques they use to provide as much comfort and information as possible. She also offers tips on how patients can make the most out of the little time they have to interact with their doctors and ask questions.

You can learn more about Toyosi and her practice here. She also runs a website called Coag Coach devoted to educating patients about hematology and hematologic disorders.

A quick programming note: we’re going on summer hiatus next week, so this will be the last new episode of WTSWTGT until the fall. Please check back because I plan to share some “best of” episodes over the next few months.

Thank you as always to Jim Cirillo of jimiumgroup.com for our original music and to Rachel Greenberger for our original art.

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