TY - JOUR AU - Piggott, Katrina Lynn AU - Patel, Ameen AU - Wong, Arthur AU - Martin, Leslie AU - Patel, Alexandra AU - Patel, Matthew AU - Liu, Yudong AU - Dhesy-Thind, Sukhbinder AU - You, John J. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/02/08 TI - Breaking silence: a survey of barriers to goals of care discussions from the perspective of oncology practitioners JO - BMC Cancer SP - 130 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Cancer is the leading cause of death in the developed world, and yet healthcare practitioners infrequently discuss goals of care (GoC) with hospitalized cancer patients. We sought to identify barriers to GoC discussions from the perspectives of staff oncologists, oncology residents, and oncology nurses. SN - 1471-2407 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-5333-x DO - 10.1186/s12885-019-5333-x ID - Piggott2019 ER -