Uncertainty - The other side of prognosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 2448-2450

  Smith, Alexander K ^a,b   White, Douglas B ^c   Arnold, Robert M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84879348559     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1303295     Document Type: Article

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