Patient-clinician communication about end-of-life care for Dutch and US patients with COPD

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 268-276

  Janssen, D J A ^a,b,c   Curtis, J R ^f   Au, D H ^g,h   Spruit, M A ^a   Downey, L ^f   Schols, J M G A ^d   Wouters, E F M ^a,e   Engelberg, R A ^f  

^a CIRO+   (Netherlands)

^b Proteion Thuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Communication; End of life care; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS QUESTIONNAIRE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MARRIAGE; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SPIRITUAL CARE; STOMACH ULCER; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051521892     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00157710     Document Type: Article

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