Prognostication in palliative care.

Related Articles Prognostication in palliative care. Clin Med (Lond). 2019 07;19(4):306-310 Authors: Chu C, White N, Stone P Abstract An accurate prognosis about how long a terminally ill patient has left to live, when disclosed sensitively in open discussions, can facilitate patient-centred care and shared decision making. In addition, several guidelines, policies and funding streams rely, to some extent, on a clinician estimated prognosis. However, clinician predictions alone have been shown to be unreliable and over-optimistic. The factors underlying clinicians’ prognostic decisions (particularly at the very end of life) are beginning to be elucidated. As an alternative to clinicians’ subjective…
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