Physician factors associated with discussions about end-of-life care

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 998-1006

  Keating, Nancy L ^a,b   Landrum, Mary Beth ^b   Rogers Jr , Selwyn O ^a   Baum, Susan K ^c   Virnig, Beth A ^d   Huskamp, Haiden A ^b   Earle, Craig C ^e   Kahn, Katherine L ^f,g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Hospice; Physician survey; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76249133172     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24761     Document Type: Article

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