TY  - JOUR
T1  - Palliative care and quality of life: Patient-centered care case study
AU  - Kirch R
Y1  - 2012/08/13
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2076
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1170
EP  - 1172
VL  - 172
IS  - 15
N2  - 
A 46-year-old insured white man presented to the emergency department (ED) of his hometown community hospital with breathlessness. Physical examination in the ED indicated that he had a collapsed lung, and an x-ray film confirmed that there was an abnormality on his right lung and bronchus. He was admitted to the hospital with follow-up tests confirming non–small cell lung cancer that had spread to his brain. His 2 college-aged daughters were living at home with him while they were attending school, and his 14-year-old son was living with his mother in a distant town. He had a full-time job working as a computer technical support specialist, which required regular travel to various universities and conferences.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2076
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2076
ER  -