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- Title
A question prompt list for patients with advanced cancer in the final year of life: Development and cross-cultural evaluation.
- Authors
Walczak, Adam; Mazer, Benjamin; Butow, Phyllis N; Tattersall, Martin HN; Clayton, Josephine M; Davidson, Patricia M; Young, Jane; Ladwig, Susan; Epstein, Ronald M
- Abstract
The article discusses the challenges involved in prognosis and end-of-life care. It states that misunderstanding one's prognosis add to bad decision making. An expert panel used a question prompt list to study this. Patients with advanced cancer and health professionals participated. Analysis identified themes including reinforcement of known benefits of question prompt list, appraisal of content and suggestions for further development, and contrast feedbacks in Australian and U. S. patients.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; UNITED States; TUMOR prognosis; CANCER patients; COMMUNICATION; DECISION making; FOCUS groups; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; PALLIATIVE treatment; PSYCHOLOGY of parents; PATIENTS; RESEARCH funding; THEMATIC analysis
- Publication
Palliative Medicine, 2013, Vol 27, Issue 8, p779
- ISSN
0269-2163
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0269216313483659