Decision making at a time of crisis near the end of life

JAMA

Volumn 292, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1738-1743

  Weissman, David E ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDITIONING; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 5044252204     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.14.1738     Document Type: Review

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