Discussing overall prognosis with the very elderly

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 2149-2151

  Smith, Alexander K ^a,b,c   Williams, Brie A ^a,b,c   Lo, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER SCREENING; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 83155188466     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1109990     Document Type: Short Survey

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