Racial variation in the use of do-not-resuscitate orders

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-20

  Shepardson, Laura B ^a   Gordon, Howard S ^e   Ibrahim, Said A ^b,c,d   Harper, Dwain L ^f   Rosenthal, Gary E ^a,c,d,g  

^a Health Care Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Cleveland Hlth Qual Choice Coal   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Decision making; Do not resuscitate order; Race; Resuscitation orders

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEGRO; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESUSCITATION; STROKE;

EID: 0004939822     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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