Development of the Japanese version of an information aid to provide accurate information on prognosis to patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer receiving chemotherapy: a pilot study

Development of the Japanese version of an information aid to provide accurate information on prognosis to patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer receiving chemotherapy: a pilot study

Abstract Background Without explicit prognostic information, patients may overestimate their life expectancy and make poor choices at the end of life. We sought to design the Japanese version of an information aid (IA) to provide accurate information on prognosis to patients with advanced non–small-...

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Main Authors: Kikuo Nakano, Yoshihiro Kitahara, Mineyo Mito, Misato Seno, Shoji Sunada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:BMC Palliative Care
Subjects:
Information aid
Explicit prognostic information
Hope
Psychosocial disorder
Non-small-cell lung cancer
Chemotherapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-018-0292-6

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