Simplifying Serious Illness Communication: Preparing or Deciding
Abstract
:1. Case
2. The Problem
3. A Solution—The Preparing or Deciding (POD) Model
4. What Is Involved with Preparing?
5. What Is Involved with Deciding?
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Myers, J.; Steinberg, L.; Incardona, N.; Simon, J.; Sanders, J.; Seow, H. Simplifying Serious Illness Communication: Preparing or Deciding. Curr. Oncol. 2024, 31, 5832-5837. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol31100433
Myers J, Steinberg L, Incardona N, Simon J, Sanders J, Seow H. Simplifying Serious Illness Communication: Preparing or Deciding. Current Oncology. 2024; 31(10):5832-5837. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol31100433
Chicago/Turabian StyleMyers, Jeff, Leah Steinberg, Nadia Incardona, Jessica Simon, Justin Sanders, and Hsien Seow. 2024. "Simplifying Serious Illness Communication: Preparing or Deciding" Current Oncology 31, no. 10: 5832-5837. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol31100433