Avoid prognostic paralysis-just get ahead and plan and co-ordinate care

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Epiphaniou, Eleni ^a   Shipman, Cathy ^a   Harding, Richard ^a   Mason, Bruce ^b   Murray, Scott A ^b   Higginson, Irene J ^a   Daveson, Barbara A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LETTER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; REINFORCEMENT; TERMINAL CARE; ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE NEED; LAST YEAR OF LIFE CARE; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; PARALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROGNOSTIC PARALYSIS; PUNISHMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; FEMALE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84930079342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20551010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npjpcrm.2014.85     Document Type: Letter

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