Although there are guidelines regarding how conversations with patients about prognosis in life-limiting illness should occur, there are little data about what doctors actually say. This study was designed to qualitatively analyze the language that oncologists and cancer patients use when talking about death.
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (151C-U), Rm 1A115, Bldg 28, Pittsburgh, PA 15240-1000, USA. keri.rodriguez@med.va.gov