Prognosis, Treatment Benefit and Goals of Care: What do Oncologists Discuss with Patients who have Incurable Cancer?
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- 作者：W. Raskin&lowast ; ; I. Harle&lowast ; ; &dagger ; ; W.M. Hopman&Dagger ; ; § ; ; C.M. Booth&lowast ; ; &dagger ; ; &Dagger ; ; boothc@kgh.kari.net" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Communication ; goals of care ; patient preferences ; prognosis ; quality of care
- 刊名：Clinical Oncology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：March 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：28
- 期：3
- 页码：209-214
- 全文大小：198 K
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Documentation of advance directives among patients with terminal cancer is known to be poor.
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In ambulatory patients with an estimated life expectancy of 1 year or less, medical oncology documentation of prognosis, treatment benefit and goals of care was poor.
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Less than half the patients were seen by palliative care.
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Initiatives to improve documentation and referral to palliative care are needed.