title: Learning to have difficult conversations leads to increased hospice referrals.
authors.affiliation: Hospice Institute, Hospice of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH 44119, USA. epitorak@hospicewr.org
authors.forename: Elizabeth  Ford
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pitorak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003142:Communication; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D012017:Referral and Consultation