What is most important for you to achieve?: An analysis of patient responses when receiving palliative care consultation

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 382-388

  Quill, Timothy ^a   Norton, Sally ^a   Shah, Mindy ^a   Lam, Yvonne ^a   Fridd, Charlotte ^a   Buckley, Marsha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646498107     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.9.382     Document Type: Article

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