Documentation of discussions about prognosis with terminally ill patients

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 218-223

  Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a   Hallemeier, Anna G ^a   Fried, Terri R ^b   Johnson Hurzeler, Rosemary ^c   Cherlin, Emily J ^a   Kasl, Stanislav V ^a   Horwitz, Sarah M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Connecticut Hospice ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PANCREAS CANCER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; CONNECTICUT; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINALLY ILL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0035881049     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(01)00798-7     Document Type: Article

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