Conversations about End-of-Life Care:
  resources, research and articles

Archives of Internal Medicine
Hospice Use and High-Intensity Care in Men Dying of Prostate Cancer
10/11/10

Archives of Internal Medicine
Abandonment at the End of Life From Patient, Caregiver, Nurse, and Physician Perspectives (Loss of Continuity and Lack of Closure)
3/9/09

Archives of Internal Medicine
Discussions With Physicians About Hospice Among Patients With Metastatic Lung Cancer
5/25/09

Annals of Oncology.
Use of chemotherapy at end of life in oncology patients.
2009 Sep;20(9):1555-9. Epub 2009 May 25

Journal of Clinical Oncology
Place of Death: Correlations With Quality of Life of Patients With Cancer and Predictors of Bereaved Caregivers' Mental Health
10/10/10

Journal of Clinical Oncology
End-of-Life Discussions, Goal Attainment, and Distress at the End of Life: Predictors and Outcomes of Receipt of Care Consistent With Preferences
3/1/10

Journal of Clinical Oncology
Paradoxes in Advance Care Planning: The Complex Relationship of Oncology Patients, Their Physicians, and Advance Medical Directives
1/10/10

Archives of Internal Medicine
Health Care Costs in the Last Week of Life: Associations With End-of-Life Conversations
3/9/09

Archives of Internal Medicine
Efficacy of Communication Skills Training for Giving Bad News and Discussing Transitions to Palliative Care
3/12/07

Cancer.
Physician factors associated with discussions about end-of-life care.
2010 Feb 15;116(4):998-1006.

Journal of American Medical Association
Associations Between End-of-Life Discussions, Patient Mental Health, Medical Care Near Death, and Caregiver Bereavement Adjustment
JAMA. 2010;303(22):2251.

Journal of Health Economics
Bias and asymmetric loss in expert forecasts: A study of physician prognostic behavior with respect to patient survival
Journal of Health Economics 27 (2008) 1095–1108

EPERC: End of Life/Palliative Education Resource Center
Delivering Bad News-Part 1 | Delivering Bad News - Part 2
Discussing Hospice

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Talking About Treatment Options and Palliative Care: A Guide for Clinicians

American Family Physician
End-of-Life Care: Guidelines for Patient-Centered Communication
1/15/08

JAMA Commentary
Communicating With Seriously Ill Patients (Better Words to Say)
JAMA. 2009;301(12):1279-1281. doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.396

British Medical Journal
Spotlight: Palliative Care Beyond Cancer
Having the difficult conversations about the end of life
9/16/10

Journal of Clinical Oncology
American Society of Clinical Oncology Statement: Toward Individualized Care for Patients With Advanced Cancer
1/24/11

Journal of Clinical Oncology
Faculty Development to Change the Paradigm of Communication Skills Teaching in Oncology
3/1/09

CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
Making Difficult Discussions Easier: Using Prognosis to Facilitate Transitions to Hospice
6/17/09

Medscape Today (free registration required)
Communicating Diagnosis and Prognosis to Patients with Cancer: Guidance for Healthcare Professionals
1/07/11

Canadian Medical Association Journal
What people want at the end of life
CMAJ - November 9, 2010; 182 (16).

New Yorker
by Dr. Atul Gawande
Letting Go: What should medicine do when it can't save your life?
8/2/10

NPR
by Dr. Atul Gawande
Make End Of Life More Humane
7/29/10

New York Times
by Pauline W. Chen, M.D.
Talking Frankly at the End of Life
5/28/09

New York Times
by Anemona Hartocollis
Months to Live: At the End, Offering Not a Cure but Comfort
8/19/09

New York Times
by Denise Grady
Facing End-of-Life Talks, Doctors Choose to Wait
1/11/10

New York Times
by Pauline W. Chen, M.D.
The Dance Before the Diagnosis
9/29/08

The Boston Globe
by Joan Anderman
What the end-of-life conversation can bring
9/2/09

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