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Physicians Beliefs and Attitudes About End-of-Life Care: A Comparison of Selected Regions in Hungary and the United States
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 11/06/09

Csikos A et al. – Over half of U.S. physicians indicated they were quite knowledgeable about hospice care and rated currently available services for the terminally ill as exceptionally good, compared to less than 10% of Hungarian physicians. The physicians' differing beliefs that discussing a terminal prognosis fosters a sense of hopelessness is consistent with disclosure beliefs and practices. The majority of U.S. physicians believe it is the patients' right to know and always tell them when the diagnosis is terminal. Hungarian physicians (44%) believe that the patient's right to know is balanced by the physician's judgment of the patient's best interest, and an additional 40% disclose only if asked. These results illustrate some of the important differences in physicians' beliefs about the care of terminally ill patients between the two countries and can be used to guide medical education and practice.

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Mind the gap: Opportunities for improving end-of-life care for patients with advanced heart failure
Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 11/09/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Preference of place for end-of-life cancer care and death among bereaved Japanese families who experienced home hospice care and death of a loved one
Supportive Care in Cancer, 11/02/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Medicine Residents' Self-Perceived Competence in End-of-Life Care
Academic Medicine, 10/29/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Introduction of the Liverpool Care Pathway for end of life care to emergency medicine
Emergency Medicine Journal, 10/23/09 Relevance Score: 67%

Racial Differences in Predictors of Intensive End-of-Life Care in Advanced Cancer Patients
Journal of Clinical Oncology, 10/08/09 Relevance Score: 67%