Primary palliative care for the general internist: Integrating goals of care discussions into the outpatient setting

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 704-711

  Ahia, Chad L ^a   Blais, Christopher M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Palliative care; Patient care planning; Primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84916886304     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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