Advance directives and do-not-resuscitate orders in patients with cancer with metastatic spinal cord compression: Advanced care planning implications

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 513-517

  Guo, Ying ^a   Palmer, J Lynn ^a   Bianty, Josephine ^a   Konzen, Benedict ^a   Shin, Ki ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL CARE; VISCERAL METASTASIS; WALKING AID;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952861576     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2009.0376     Document Type: Article

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