The cultivation of prognostic awareness through the provision of early palliative care in the ambulatory setting: A communication guide

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 894-900

  Jackson, Vicki A ^a   Jacobsen, Juliet ^a   Greer, Joseph A ^a   Pirl, William F ^a   Temel, Jennifer S ^a   Back, Anthony L ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AMBULATORY CARE; AWARENESS; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84880770323     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0547     Document Type: Article

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