Patient-physician communication about code status preferences: A randomized controlled trial

Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2067-2073

  Rhondali, Wadih ^a,b   Perez Cruz, Pedro ^a,c   Hui, David ^a   Chisholm, Gary B ^a   Dalal, Shalini ^a   Baile, Walter ^a   Chittenden, Eva ^d   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced cancer; code status; communication; patient preferences; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESUSCITATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 84878017355     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27981     Document Type: Article

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