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- Title
Complexities in prognostication in advanced cancer: "to help them live their lives the way they want to".
- Authors
Markowitz, Amy J.; McPhee, Stephen J.
- Abstract
Presents perspectives on care at the close of life. Tale of Miss M., introduced in "To help them live their lives the way they want to," by E.B. Lamont and N. Chritaski in the July 2, 2003 issue; Importance of predicting survival and disclosing the prediction to the patient; Death of Miss M. and remembrances.
- Subjects
TERMINALLY ill; PROGNOSIS; FORECASTING; PHYSICIAN-patient relations; MORTALITY; LIFE expectancy; QUALITY of life
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003, Vol 290, Issue 15, p2056
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.290.15.2056