Using a prediction of death in the next 12 months as a prompt for referral to palliative care acts to the detriment of patients with heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Palliat Med. 2010 Oct;24(7):740-1. doi: 10.1177/0269216310375861.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Heart Failure / psychology*
  • Heart Failure / therapy
  • Humans
  • Life Expectancy*
  • Palliative Care / psychology*
  • Prognosis
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / psychology*
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / therapy
  • Referral and Consultation*
  • Time Factors