Patient perspectives regarding communication about prognosis and end-of-life issues: How can it be optimised?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 307-314

  Walczak, Adam ^a   Butow, Phyllis N ^a   Davidson, Patricia M ^b   Bellemore, Frances A ^a   Tattersall, Martin H N ^a   Clayton, Josephine M ^a   Young, Jane ^a   Mazer, Benjamin ^c   Ladwig, Susan ^c   Epstein, Ronald M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; End of life issues; Prognosis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873424552     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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