Using a Palliative Care Framework for Seriously Ill Surgical Patients: The Example of Malignant Bowel Obstruction

JAMA Surg. 2016 Aug 1;151(8):695-6. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.0057.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Decision Making
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
  • Intestinal Obstruction / pathology*
  • Intestinal Obstruction / surgery
  • Palliative Care*
  • Physician's Role*
  • Prognosis
  • Terminal Care*