Estimating and communicating prognosis in advanced neurologic disease

Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 764-772

  Holloway, Robert G ^a,b   Gramling, Robert ^a,b   Kelly, Adam G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOPE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84876280140     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318282509c     Document Type: Article

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