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Physician factors associated with discussions about end-of-life care

  1. Nancy L. Keating MD, MPH1,2,†,*,
  2. Mary Beth Landrum PhD2,
  3. Selwyn O. Rogers Jr MD, MPH3,
  4. Susan K. Baum MSW4,
  5. Beth A. Virnig PhD, MPH5,
  6. Haiden A. Huskamp PhD2,
  7. Craig C. Earle MD, MSc6,
  8. Katherine L. Kahn MD7,8

Article first published online: 11 JAN 2010

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24761

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 116, Issue 4, pages 998–1006, 15 February 2010

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Keating, N. L., Landrum, M. B., Rogers, S. O., Baum, S. K., Virnig, B. A., Huskamp, H. A., Earle, C. C. and Kahn, K. L. (2010), Physician factors associated with discussions about end-of-life care. Cancer, 116: 998–1006. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24761

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  1. 1

    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

  2. 2

    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

  3. 3

    Department of Surgery and Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

  4. 4

    Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

  5. 5

    Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  6. 6

    Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  7. 7

    RAND, Santa Monica, California

  8. 8

    Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

  1. †

    Fax: (617) 432-0173

*Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115

  1. †

    Fax: (617) 432-0173

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 2 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 11 JAN 2010
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 28 MAY 2009
  4. Manuscript Received: 10 MAR 2009

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