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Title
Discussions with physicians about hospice among patients with metastatic lung cancer.
Authors
Huskamp, Haiden A; Keating, Nancy L; Malin, Jennifer L; Zaslavsky, Alan M; Weeks, Jane C; Earle, Craig C; Teno, Joan M; Virnig, Beth A; Kahn, Katherine L; He, Yulei; Ayanian, John Z
Abstract
Many terminally ill patients enroll in hospice only in the final days before death or not at all. Discussing hospice with a health care provider could increase awareness of hospice and possibly result in earlier use.
Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2009, Vol 169, Issue 10, p954