Breaking the news in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 160, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Borasio, Gian Domenico ^a   Sloan, Richard ^b   Pongratz, Dieter E ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Joseph Weld Hospice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bad news; Communication skills; Motor neurone disease; Palliative care; Telling the diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031755008     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00211-1     Document Type: Article

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