- ►annals.org KE Steinhauser, EC Clipp, M McNeilly, NA … - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2000 - Am Coll Physicians Despite a recent increase in the attention given to improving end-of-life care,
our understanding of what constitutes a good death is surprisingly lacking. The
purpose of this study was to gather descriptions of the components of a ... Cited by 450 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
- ►dm2nb.ca [PDF] SM Haffner, CM Alexander, TJ Cook, SJ … - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1999 - archinte.highwire.org You are seeing this message because your Web browser does not support basic Web
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- ►alphamedpress.org WF Baile, R Buckman, R Lenzi, G Glober, EA … - The oncologist, 2000 - AlphaMed Press We describe a protocol for disclosing unfavorable information—"breaking bad
news"—to cancer patients about their illness. Straightforward and practical,
the protocol meets the requirements defined by published research on this ... Cited by 320 - Related articles - All 13 versions
- ►nejm.org TR Fried, EH Bradley, VR Towle, H Allore - New England Journal of Medicine, 2002 - content.nejm.org Results The burden of treatment (ie, the length of the hospital stay, extent of
testing, and invasiveness of interventions), the outcome, and the likelihood of
the outcome all influenced treatment preferences. For a low-burden ... Cited by 291 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
KH Abbott, JG Sago, CM Breen, AP Abernethy, … - Critical care medicine, 2001 - journals.lww.com Family members of a prospective cohort of critically ill patients were eligible
for the study. The cohort consisted of 102 adult pa- tients for whom the issue
of withdrawing or withholding life-sustaining treatment was be- ing ... Cited by 274 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] B Lo, T Quill, J Tulsky… - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1999 - Am Coll Physicians Palliative care focuses on relief of suffering, psychosocial support, and
closure near the end of life. Even experienced physicians often struggle when
initiating complex, emo- tionally laden discussions about palliative care ... Cited by 235 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
JR McDonagh, TB Elliott, RA Engelberg, PD … - Critical care medicine, 2004 - journals.lww.com Objective: Family members of critically ill patients report dis- satisfaction
with family-clinician communication about with- drawing life support, yet
limited data exist to guide clinicians in this communication. The ... Cited by 164 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►dyingwell.com [PDF] JR Curtis, DL Patrick, RA Engelberg, K Norris, … - Journal of pain and symptom management, 2002 - Elsevier A reliable and valid measure of the quality of the dying experience would help
clinicians and researchers improve care for dying patients. To describe the
validity of an instrument assessing the quality of dying and death using ... Cited by 157 - Related articles - All 11 versions
- ►ddhospicepalliativecare.org [PDF] DG Larson, DR Tobin - JAMA, 2000 - Am Med Assoc This article examines the evolution of and need for "end-of-life conversations."
Barriers to end-of-life discussions that have been identified in patients and
families, health care professionals, and health care systems can seriously ... Cited by 151 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►jacobimed.org [PDF] MD Wenrich, JR Curtis, SE Shannon, JD … - Archives of Internal Medicine, 2001 - archinte.highwire.org Methods Twenty focus groups were held with 137 individuals, including patients
with chronic and terminal illnesses, family members, health care professionals
from hospice or acute care settings, and physicians with expertise in ... Cited by 152 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
