Paradoxes in advance care planning: The Complex relationship of oncology patients, their physicians, and advance medical directives

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-304

  Dow, Lindsay A ^a   Matsuyama, Robin K ^a   Ramakrishnan, V ^a   Kuhn, Laura ^a   Lamont, Elizabeth B ^a   Lyckholm, Laurel ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949129046     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.24.6397     Document Type: Article

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