Patient involvement in decisions to limit treatment: The crucial role of agreement between physician and patient

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2225-2230

  Winkler, Eva C ^a   Reiter Theil, Stella ^a   Lange Rieß, Dorothee ^a   Schmahl Menges, Nina ^a   Hiddemann, Wolfgang ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; DECISION MAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 65549104304     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.9515     Document Type: Article

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