Discussing prognosis with patients and their families near the end of life: impact on satisfaction with end-of-life care

BACKGROUND: Seriously ill patients and their physicians often avoid discussing prognosis, which may compromise optimal end-of-life (EOL) care planning. The relation between prognosis discussion and patient and family satisfaction with EOL care is unknown. METHODS: Using a 5-domain questionnaire, we...

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Autores principales: Heyland, Daren K, Allan, Diane E, Rocker, Graeme, Dodek, Peter, Pichora, Deb, Gafni, Amiram
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Open Medicine Publications, Inc. 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2765767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946391

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2765767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19946391

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