title: Palliative care consultations as American football: full contact, or just touch?
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Weissman
authors.forename: Charles F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: von Gunten
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009325:Nausea / Q000517:prevention & control; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis; D012017:Referral and Consultation