End of Life Decision-Making for Cancer Patients

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 811-823

  Parks, Susan Mockus ^a   Winter, Laraine ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced care planning; Decision making; End of life; Palliative care; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONVERSATION; DOCUMENTATION; DYING; FAMILY; FAMILY CONFLICT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE; RELIGION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 71549139419     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2009.07.006     Document Type: Review

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