Waiting for the body to fail: limits to end-of-life communication in Canadian hospitals.

High-quality patient-centred care for hospitalised patients at the end of life requires health care teams to engage patients and families in communication and decision-making about goals of care. In the absence of such engagement, patient preferences may not be reflected in their care, and patients...

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Publicado en:Mortality Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 340 - 357
Autores principales: Nouvet, Elysée, Strachan, Patricia H., Kryworuchko, Jennifer, Downar, James, You, John J.
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov2016
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