Prognostication in neurology

Handb Clin Neurol. 2022;190:175-193. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-85029-2.00003-8.ABSTRACTPrognosticating is central to primary palliative care in neurology. Many neurologic diseases carry a high burden of troubling symptoms, and many individuals consider health states due to neurologic disease worse than death. Many patients and families report high levels of need for information at all disease stages, including information about prognosis. There are many barriers to communicating prognosis including prognostic uncertainty, lack of training and experience, fear of destroying hope, and not enough time. Developing the right mindset, tools, and skills can improve one’s ability to formulate and communicate prognosis. Prognosticating is subject to many…
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