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- Title
Relationship between cancer patients' predictions of prognosis and their treatment preferences.
- Authors
Weeks, Jane C.; Cook, E. Francis; O'Day, Steven J.; Peterson, Lynn M.; Wenger, Neil; Reding, Douglas; Harrell, Frank E.; Kussin, Peter; Dawson, Neil V.; Connors Jr., Alfred F.; Lynn, Joanne; Phillips, Russell S.
- Abstract
Presents a study that tests the hypothesis that among terminally ill cancer patients an accurate understanding of prognosis is associated with a preference for therapy that focuses on comfort over attempts at life extension. Design; Setting; Patients; Main outcome measures; Results; Conclusion.
- Subjects
CANCER patient medical care
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 1998, Vol 279, Issue 21, p1709
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.279.21.1709