Emotional distress and compassionate responses in palliative care decision-making consultations

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 579-584

  Alexander, Stewart C ^a,b   Ladwig, Susan ^c   Norton, Sally A ^c   Gramling, David ^d   Davis, J Kelly ^a   Metzger, Maureen ^e   Deluca, Jane ^f   Gramling, Robert ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPASSION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SADNESS; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; ETIOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RECORDING; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84900318335     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0551     Document Type: Article

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