Family members of critically ill patients want to discuss loved ones' uncertain prognoses
Monday, December 29, 2008 - 05:21
in Health & Medicine
Critically ill patients frequently have uncertain prognoses, but their families overwhelmingly wish that physicians would address prognostic uncertainty candidly, according to a new study out of the University of San Francisco Medical Center.
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