Clinician estimates of survival in palliative care patients

Doctors need to identify when palliative care patients are imminently dying so they can adjust their goals of care and treatment accordingly. The systematic review of the literature, completed as part of this thesis, showed that these decisions are very inaccurate. The aim of this thesis was to dete...

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Main Author: White, Nicola Gayle
Other Authors: Stone, P. ; Harris, A. ; Harries, P.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.746887