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The Ask-Tell-Ask Approach in Four Steps

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5 Patient recall of end-of-life discussions correlates with higher quality of life for patients and improved bereavement outcomes for caregivers. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 2008; 26: 5988-5993. Journal of the American Geriatric Society. 2008; 300 (14): 1665-73. 2003; 51 (10): 1398-1403. Soc Sci Med.

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Why Patients with Lymphoma Are Less Likely to Receive Hospice

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Hospice Improves Quality of Life Hospice has been associated with improved quality of life at the end of life and reductions in the risk of psychiatric illness among bereaved caregivers. Place of death: correlations with quality of life of patients with cancer and predictors of bereaved caregivers’ mental health. J Palliat MEd.