Factors Affecting Physicians Intentions to Communicate Personalized Prognostic Information to Cancer Patients at the End of Life: An Experimental Vignette Study

Conclusions. Provision of personalized prognostic information increases physicians’ prognostic communication intentions to a hypothetical end-stage cancer patient, and situational and physician characteristics moderate this effect. More research is needed to confirm these findings and elucidate the determinants of prognostic communication at the end of life.

Source: Medical Decision Making - June 30, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Han, P. K. J., Dieckmann, N. F., Holt, C., Gutheil, C., Peters, E. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research