Patients' views on decision making in advanced cancer

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-185

  Philip, Jennifer ^a   Gold, Michelle ^b   Schwarz, Max ^b   Komesaroff, Paul ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Palliative care; Patient preferences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEOPLASM; OUTPATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CANCER CARE FACILITIES; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OUTPATIENTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 68949184678     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509000236     Document Type: Article

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