Discussions with physicians about hospice among patients with metastatic lung cancer

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 954-962

  Huskamp, Haiden A ^a   Keating, Nancy L ^a,b   Malin, Jennifer L ^d,e,f   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a   Weeks, Jane C ^c   Earle, Craig C ^g   Teno, Joan M ^h   Virnig, Beth A ⁱ   Kahn, Katherine L ^d,f   He, Yulei ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^g SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66349123289     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.127     Document Type: Article

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