Discussing life expectancy with surgical patients: Do patients want to know and how should this information be delivered?

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Clarke, Michael G ^a   Kennedy, Katherine P ^a   MacDonagh, Ruaraidh P ^a  

^a TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DISCLOSURE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 46149097186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-24     Document Type: Article

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