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Specialist palliative medicine physicians and nurses accuracy at predicting imminent death (within 72 hours): a short report

OBJECTIVES: Research suggests that clinicians are not very accurate at prognosticating in palliative care. The ‘horizon effect’ suggests that accuracy ought to be better when the survival of patients is shorter. The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of specialist palliative care clinic...

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Autores principales: White, Nicola, Reid, Fiona, Vickerstaff, Victoria, Harries, Priscilla, Stone, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7286035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32201369
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002224

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