A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center suggests that doctors who treat patients for kidney failure are unwilling to discuss a difficult prognosis, leading to their patients having distorted expectations of their outcomes. "Our study suggests that we may not be serving these patients as well as we could. These missed opportunities and misperceptions may actually be influencing patients'' goals of care," ...Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Doctors Unwilling to Discuss Difficult Prognosis With End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center suggests that doctors who treat patients for kidney failure are unwilling to discuss a difficult prognosis, leading to their patients having distorted expectations of their outcomes. "Our study suggests that we may not be serving these patients as well as we could. These missed opportunities and misperceptions may actually be influencing patients'' goals of care," ...
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