User login
Building patient-centered care through values assessment integration with advance care planning
Oncologists frequently have to make diagnoses that portend bad outcomes and difficulties in management, among them, for stage IV lung or pancreatic cancer. Many recent studies have shown the importance of appropriate implementation of palliative care and the need for discussing with the patient the goals of treatment early in diagnosis.1-3
Click on the PDF icon at the top of this introduction to read the full article.
Oncologists frequently have to make diagnoses that portend bad outcomes and difficulties in management, among them, for stage IV lung or pancreatic cancer. Many recent studies have shown the importance of appropriate implementation of palliative care and the need for discussing with the patient the goals of treatment early in diagnosis.1-3
Click on the PDF icon at the top of this introduction to read the full article.
Oncologists frequently have to make diagnoses that portend bad outcomes and difficulties in management, among them, for stage IV lung or pancreatic cancer. Many recent studies have shown the importance of appropriate implementation of palliative care and the need for discussing with the patient the goals of treatment early in diagnosis.1-3
Click on the PDF icon at the top of this introduction to read the full article.