Keyword: "lung cancer"

2 items were found with the keyword "lung cancer".

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  Advanced Directives Among Patients With Lung Cancer

  PI: Scott D. Halpern, MD, PhD, MBE

  The goal of this study is to determine if Advanced Directives (ADs) are completed more frequently when the rationale for doing so is communicated as a means to reducing surrogate decision-making burdens, rather than as a means of promoting patient autonomy. (09/01/2011 - 08/31/2012)
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  FOCUS Triage

  PI: Laurel L. Northouse, PhD, RN, FAAN

  Focus Triage will test if family dyads randomly assigned to either a brief or extensive family-based program of care (FOCUS Program) have better patient and caregiver outcomes than dyads randomly assigned to usual care. Outcomes to be studied: appraisal factors (i.e., appraisal of illness/caregiving, uncertainty, hopelessness), coping resources (coping strategies, interpersonal relationships, self-efficacy), and quality of life domains (emotional, social, physical, and functional).This study will also examine if patients’ risk for distress and other factors moderate the effect of the brief or extensive program on outcomes.