Making the case for talking to patients about the costs of end-of-life care

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-193

  Donley, Greer ^a   Danis, Marion ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; COST CONTROL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; COST CONTROL; COST SHARING; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955853654     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2011.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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