From: Initiating decision-making conversations in palliative care: an ethnographic discourse analysis
Gender | |
Men | 8 |
Women | 10 |
Age | |
50-59 | 2 |
60-69 | 6 |
70-79 | 7 |
80-89 | 3 |
Diagnosis | |
Cancer | 18 |
Co-morbidity (COPD, heart disease, etc.) | 7 |
Origin of referral | |
Oncology | 8 |
Family physician | 4 |
Local health service center | 3 |
Emergency care | 2 |
Intensive care | 1 |
Number of consultations observed | 101 |
Mean per patient | 7 |
Minimum per patient | 1 |
Maximum per patient | 14 |