title: Recognizing advanced disease.
abstract: Recognition of advanced disease is a key, but difficult, skill required by all clinicians; lack of competence has serious consequences for patient, caregivers and health service. This article summarizes features of advanced disease and the impact of realistic prognostication.
authors.affiliation: Hull New York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gadoud
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods*; D019452:Terminally Ill