UPMC Cancer Centers Presents, “A Reason To Hope: Doctor-Patient-Family Communications”

PITTSBURGH, Aug 11 – To teach people how to develop better relationships with their doctors, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Cancer Centers will present, “A Reason to Hope: Doctor-Patient-Family Communications,” from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 24, in the William Cooper Pavilion Classrooms, ground floor, Hillman Cancer Center, 5115 Centre Ave., Shadyside.

Robert Arnold, MD, professor of medicine in the division of general internal medicine and chief of the section of palliative care and medical ethics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and director of cancer pain, rehabilitation and supportive care at UPMC, will present the lecture.

The talk is one in a series of cancer lectures sponsored by UPMC Cancer Centers for patients, their families and the public.

The presentation is free and open to the public. Registration is required and space is limited. Free parking will be available across from the Hillman Cancer Center in the UPMC Shadyside Medical Center garage on Centre Ave. For more information and to register, please call (412) 623-3651.

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