Kutner, Jean S; Steiner, John F; Corbett, Kitty K; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 48 (1999) 10, pp. 1341-1352
Despite evidence that doctor-patient communication affects important patient outcomes, patient expectations are often not met. Communication is especially important in terminal illness, when the appropriate course of action may depend more on patient values than on medical dogma. We sought to...