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SUBMITTER: Piili RP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6052558 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Piili Reetta P RP Lehto Juho T JT Luukkaala Tiina T Hinkka Heikki H Kellokumpu-Lehtinen Pirkko-Liisa I PI
BMC palliative care 20180718 1
<h4>Background</h4>Characteristics of the physician influence the essential decision-making in end-of-life care. However, the effect of special education in palliative medicine on different aspects of decision-making in end-of-life care remains unknown. The aim of this study was to explore the decision-making in end-of-life care among physicians with or without special competency in palliative medicine (cPM).<h4>Methods</h4>A questionnaire including an advanced lung cancer patient-scenario with ...[more]