PURPOSE: To assess the effects of hospitalist care on communication, care patterns, and
outcomes of dying patients. METHODS: We examined the charts of 148 patients who had …

OBJECTIVE: Communication regarding end-of-life care is frequently perceived as
suboptimal, despite the intent of both health care providers and patients. We interviewed …

To quantify the house officer's role in end-of-life decisions, the authors abstracted charts for
documentation of end-of-life discussions for 100 patients withdrawn from life-sustaining …

Background Efforts to improve communication between physicians and dying patients have
been unsuccessful, and guidelines for improving patient-physician communication about …

Background: Many reports suggest clinicians are often inadequately prepared to``diagnose
dying''or discuss the likelihood of imminent death with patients and families. Objective: To …

BACKGROUND: A framework for understanding and evaluating physicians' skills at
providing end of life care from the perspectives of patients, families, and health care workers …

Purpose To determine, in a tertiary academic medical center, the reported frequency of end-
of-life discussions among nurses and the influence of demographic factors on these …

Objective: To profile communication and recommendations reported by adults with terminal
illness and explore differences by patient and physician characteristics. Method: This pilot …

Hospital physicians care for most seriously ill patients in the United States. We employed
dimensional analysis to describe communication about death and dying in audio-recorded …

Background: End-of-life care quality deficiencies have in part been linked to inadequate
physician skill in the technical and communication domains of palliative care. Yet few …