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| K E SteinhauserSummaryCountry: USA Publications
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In search of a good death: observations of patients, families, and providersK E Steinhauser
Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, North Carolina 27705, USA
Ann Intern Med 132:825-32. 2000..Biomedical care is critical, but it is only a point of departure toward total end-of-life care. For patients and families, psychosocial and spiritual issues are as important as physiologic concerns...
Factors considered important at the end of life by patients, family, physicians, and other care providersK E Steinhauser
Veterans Affairs Medical Center 152, 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705, USA
JAMA 284:2476-82. 2000..Empirical evidence defining such factors, however, is lacking...
Preparing for the end of life: preferences of patients, families, physicians, and other care providersK E Steinhauser
Program on the Medical Encounter and Palliative Care, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
J Pain Symptom Manage 22:727-37. 2001..Further research and training are needed to ensure that the desire for greater preparation is translated into improved action toward preparation in medical practice...
Congestive heart failure patients' perceptions of quality of life: the integration of physical and psychosocial factorsH B Bosworth
Center for Health Service Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NC 27705, USA
Aging Ment Health 8:83-91. 2004..The findings suggest that psychosocial aspects and patient uncertainty about their prognosis are important components of QOL among CHF patients...
