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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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BioMed Central
2008
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| 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 |