Discussing life expectancy with surgical patients: Do patients want to know and how should this information be delivered?

BACKGROUND: Predicted patient life expectancy (LE) and survival probability (SP), based on a patient's medical history, are important components of surgical decision-making and informed consent. The objective of this study was to assess patients' interpretation of and desire to know inform...

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Autores principales: Clarke, Michael G, Kennedy, Katherine P, MacDonagh, Ruaraidh P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18554419
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-8-24

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18554419
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-8-24

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