November - 2012
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Patients' Expectations about Effects of Chemotherapy for Advanced CancerJane C Weeks, Paul J Catalano, Angel Cronin, Matthew D Finkelman, Jennifer W Mack, Nancy L Keating, and Deborah Schrag N Engl J Med, 2012, 367(17);1616-1625 This page is only available to Crit-IQ subscribers. To view the rest of this review and gain access to our vast array of critical care teaching tools including podcasts, vodcasts, modules, exam preparation tools, teaching aids and much more, login here, or Become a Member to register |
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| This is a very well recognised phenomenon. A few years ago, a study looked at what families understood about the likely outcome of their loveones in ICU. Even when the clinician used an explicit % figure chance of survival, the impression the family had was always significantly more optimistic than the clinician had indicated. Patients and families will always hold on tightly to any sense of hope. | |
| Jackson Bird-17 Nov, 2012 03:25:14 AM | |
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This prospective observational cohort study examined the expectations of 1193 pateints with newly diagnosed metastatic lung or colorectal cancer, 4-months after they were diagnosed and had chemotherapy. 69% of those with lung cancer, and 81% of those with colorectal cancer did not know...