Doctor-patient communication about prognosis: The influence of race and financial status

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 998-1004

  Goldstein, Nathan E ^a,c,d   Concato, John ^a,b,c   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^c   O'Leary, John R ^c   Fried, Terri R ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; CANCER; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; PROGNOSIS; RACE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONNECTICUT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 27644492380     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2005.8.998     Document Type: Review

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