A systematic review of predictions of survival in palliative care: How accurate are clinicians and who are the experts?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  White, Nicola ^a   Reid, Fiona ^b   Harris, Adam ^a   Harries, Priscilla ^c   Stone, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMBASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDLINE; OCCUPATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREDICTION; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS; SURGERY; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ALGORITHM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMFORT; PHYSICIAN; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT COMFORT; PHYSICIANS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84990892300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161407     Document Type: Review

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