The value of disease severity in predicting patient readiness to address end-of-life issues

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 609-612

  Pfeifer, Mark P ^a   Mitchell, Charlene K ^a   Chamberlain, Lynell ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0037429643     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.5.609     Document Type: Article

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