Influence of patients' preferences and treatment site on cancer patients' end-of-life care

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 4656-4663

  Wright, Alexi A ^a,b   Mack, Jennifer W ^a,b   Kritek, Patricia A ^b,c   Balboni, Tracy A ^a,b   Massaro, Anthony F ^b,c   Matulonis, Ursula A ^a,b   Block, Susan D ^a,b,c   Prigerson, Holly G ^a,b,c  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication; End of life care; Hospice; Intensive care; Prognosis; Terminal illness; Treatment preferences; Treatment site

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TERMINAL CARE; CANCER CENTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPICE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HOSPICES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 77957595702     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25217     Document Type: Article

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