Integrating POLST into palliative care guidelines: A paradigm shift in advance care planning in oncology

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 819-829

  Bomba, Patricia A ^a,b,c   Vermilyea, Daniel ^a  

^a Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actionable medical orders; Advance care planning; Behavioral readiness; NCCN Palliative Care Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology ; Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment; POLST; Prochaska's Stages of Change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL ORDER; METASTASIS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 33748858736     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2006.0069     Document Type: Article

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