Communication practices in physician decision-making for an unstable critically ill patient with end-stage cancer

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 949-956

  Mohan, Deepika ^a   Alexander, Stewart C ^b   Garrigues, Sarah K ^b   Arnold, Robert M ^c,d,e   Barnato, Amber E ^c,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^d Center for Research on Health Care   (United States)

^e Institute to Enhance Palliative Care   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METASTASIS; STOMACH CANCER; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAPE RECORDING; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77955881861     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0053     Document Type: Article

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