Discussing prognosis with terminally ill cancer patients and relatives: A survey of physicians' intentions in seven countries

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 430-436

  Voorhees, Jennifer ^a   Rietjens, Judith ^a,c   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje ^b   Deliens, Luc ^b,c   Cartwright, Colleen ^d   Faisst, Karin ^e   Norup, Michael ^f   Miccinesi, Guido ^g   van der Heide, Agnes ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g ISPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication; End of life; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINALLY ILL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 70549083487     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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