Recognition and communication: Essential elements to improving end-of-life care

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Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1886-1888

  Weiner, Joseph S ^a,b,c   Efferen, Linda S ^a,b,c  

^a Albert Einstein College of Medicine ^*

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NOTE; RIGHT TO DIE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RIGHT TO DIE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 21844451916     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.6.1886     Document Type: Editorial

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