End-of-life care: Guidelines for patient-centered communication

American Family Physician

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-174

  Ngo Metzger, Quyen ^a,c,d   August, Kristin J ^a,c   Srinivasan, Malathi ^b   Liao, Solomon ^a   Meyskens Jr , Frank L ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University's Center for Health Policy Research

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f University's College of Health Sciences

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT RIGHTS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TERMINAL CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 38549144891     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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