" There's no cure for this condition" : How physicians discuss advance care planning in heart failure

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 200-205

  Ahluwalia, Sangeeta C ^a   Levin, Jennifer R ^a   Lorenz, Karl A ^a,b   Gordon, Howard S ^c,d  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Communication; Heart failure; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTIVATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84875886688     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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