Doctor-patient communication about advance directives in metastatic breast cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 547-553

  Ozanne, Elissa M ^a,b   Partridge, Ann ^b,c   Moy, Beverly ^b,d   Ellis, Katherine J ^b,d   Sepucha, Karen R ^b,e  

^a Institute for Technology Assessment

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Cancer Center   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; METASTASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69849106864     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2008.0254     Document Type: Article

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