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Using a Question Prompt List As a Communication Aid in Advanced Cancer Care

Author(s) -

Jonathan C. Yeh,

Menglin Cheng,

Christine H. Chung,

Thomas J. Smith

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of oncology practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.555

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 1935-469X

pISSN - 1554-7477

DOI - 10.1200/jop.2013.001295

Subject(s) - medicine , workflow , quality of life (healthcare) , affect (linguistics) , anxiety , medline , cancer , nursing , psychiatry , database , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , political science , law

Oncologists and patients often avoid discussing prognosis, treatment failure, and end-of-life planning. Thus, many patients still overestimate their prognosis and possibility of cure, impairing decision making. We piloted a question prompt list (QPL) covering these issues to determine whether it would affect patient anxiety and how it would be used and received by new oncology patients.

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