Skills training to support patients considering place of end-of-life care: A randomized control trial

Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-121

  Murray, Mary Ann ^a   Stacey, Dawn ^a   Wilson, Keith G ^b   O'Connor, Annette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Decision coaching; End of life; Oncology; Palliative care; Practitioner education; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77954532361     PISSN: 08258597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/082585971002600207     Document Type: Article

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