'Conditional candour' and 'knowing me': An interpretive description study on patient preferences for physician behaviours during end-of-life communication

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Abdul Razzak, Amane ^a   You, John ^b   Sherifali, Diana ^b   Simon, Jessica ^a   Brazil, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONVERSATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONAL VALUE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TERMINAL CARE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; CANADA; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84908135532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005653     Document Type: Article

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