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1. Hospital Volume and Patient Outcomes in Major Cancer Surgery

Author

Hillner, Bruce E. and Smith, Thomas J.

Subjects
Hospitals, Cancer patients
Abstract

Patients needing complex surgery should be referred to hospitals that perform many such procedures. A 1998 study found that hospitals that did many cancer surgeries had lower mortality rates. Patients with heart disease have been shown to benefit from treatment at hospitals that treat many such patients. These so-called high volume hospitals could substantially lower mortality rates in many patients.

Published
1998

2. Telling the truth about terminal cancer.

Author

Smith, Thomas J., Swisher, Karen, Smith, T J, and Swisher, K

Subjects
*CANCER patients, *PHYSICIAN-patient relations
Abstract

Discusses patients learning fully about their cancer, prognoses, and benefits of treatment. Doctors fully explaining their patients prognoses; Minimizing futile cancer treatment; Legal complexity of physicians telling their patients the truth about their prognoses; Patients not listening to physician's advice; Increased patient participation in medical decisions.

Published
1998
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