Treatment decisions in palliative cancer care: Patients' preferences for involvement and doctors' knowledge about it

European Journal of Cancer Part A

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1184-1189

  Rothenbacher, D ^a   Lutz, M P ^a   Porzsolt, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer care; Decision making; Patient preference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0030876507     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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