The doctor's role in discussing advance preferences for end-of-life care: Perceptions of physicians practicing in the VA

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 399-406

  Markson, Lawrence ^a,b   Clark, Jack ^a   Glantz, Leonard ^a,c   Lamberton, Victoria ^a,c   Kern, Donald ^a   Stollerman, Gene ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT RIGHT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0030971784     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb05162.x     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Annas GJ, Glantz LH. The right of elderly patients to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment. Milbank Q 1986;64:95-162.
2. President's Commission. Making Health Care Decisions. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, October 1982, p1.
3. In re Quinlan, 70 NJ 10 (1976).
4. Bedell SE, Delhanco TL. Choices about cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the hospital. When do physicians talk with patients? N Engl J Med 1984;310:1089-1093.
5. Smedira NG, Evans BH, Grais LS, et al. Withholding and withdrawal of life support from the critically ill. N Engl J Med 322:309-315.
6. Bedell SE, Pelle D, Majer PL et al. Do-Not-Resuscitate orders for critically-ill patients in the hospital. How are they used and what is their impact? JAMA 1986;256:233-237.
7. Danis M, Gerrity S, Southerland LI et al. A comparison of patient, family, and physician assessments of the value of medical intensive care. Crit Care Med 1988;16:594-600.
8. Starr TJ, Pearlman RA, Uhlmann RF. Quality of life and resuscitation decisions in elderly patients. J Gen Intern Med 1986;1:373-379.
9. Hare J, Pratt C, Nelson C. Agreement between patients and their self-selected surrogates on difficult medical decisions. Arch Intern Med 1992;152:1049-1054.
10. Seckler AB, Meier DE, Mulvihill M, Cammper Paris BE. Substituted judgment: How accurate are proxy decisions? Ann Intern Med 1991;115:92-98.
11. Uhlmann RF, Pearlman RA, Cain KC. Physicians' and spouses' predictions of elderly patients' resuscitation preferences. J Gerontol 1988;43:M115:121.
12. Zweibel NR, Cassel CK. Treatment choices at the end of life: A comparison of decisions by older patients and their physician-selected proxies. Gerontologist 1989;29:615-621.
13. Diamond EL, Jernigan JA, Moseley RA et al. Decision-making ability and advance directive preferences in nursing home patients and proxies. Gerontologist 1989;29:622-626.
14. Sulmasy DP, Haller K, Terry PB. More talk, less paper: Predicting the accuracy of substituted judgments. Am J Med 1994;96:432-438.
15. Council On Ethical And Judicial Affairs, American Medical Association. Guidelines for the appropriate use of do-not-resuscitate orders. JAMA 1991;265:1868-1871.
16. Annas GJ. The health care proxy and the living will. N Engl J Med 1991;324:1210-1213.
17. LaPuma JL, Orentlicher DO, Moss RJ. Advance directives on admission. Clinical implications and analysis of the patient self-determination act of 1990. JAMA 1991;266:402-405.
18. Brunetti LL, Carperos SD, Westlund RE. Physicians' attitudes towards living wills and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. J Gen Intern Med 1991;6:323-329.
19. Davidson KW, Hackler C, Caradine DR et al. Physicians' attitudes on advance directives. JAMA 1989;262:2415-2419.
20. Shmerling RH, Bedell SE, Lilienfeld A et al. Discussing cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A study of elderly outpatients. J Gen Intern Med 1988;3:317-321.
21. Emanuel LL, Barry MJ, Stoeckle JD et al. Advance directives for medical care - A case for greater use. N Engl J Med 1991;324:889-895.
22. Joos SK, Reuler JB, Powell JL, Hickam DH. Outpatients' attitudes and understanding regarding living wills. J Gen Intern Med 1993;8:259-263.
23. Broadwell AW, Boisaubin EV, Dunn JK, Engelhardt HT. Advance directives on hospital admission: A survey of patient attitudes. South Med J 1993;86:165-168.
24. Finucane TE, Shumway JM, Powers RL et al. Planning with elderly outpatients for contingencies of severe illness: A survey and clinical trial. J Gen Intern Med 1988;3:322-325.
25. Lo B, McLeod GA, Saika G. Patient attitudes to discussing life-sustaining treatment. Arch Intern Med 1986;146:1613-1615.
26. Steinbrook R, Lo B, Moulton J et al. Preferences of homosexual men with AIDS for life-sustaining treatment. N Engl J Med 1986;314:457-460.
27. Gamble ER, McDonald PJ, Lichstein PR. Knowledge, attitudes and behavior of elderly persons regarding living wills. Arch Intern Med 1991;151:277-280.
28. Goold SD, Arnold RM, Siminoff LA. Discussions about limiting treatment in a geriatrics clinic. J Am Geriatr Soc 1993;41:277-281.
29. Danis M, Garret J, Harris R, Patrick DL. Stability of choices about life-sustaining treatments. Ann Intern Med 1992;152:2114-2122.
30. Teno J, Fleishman J, Brock DW, Mor V. The use of formal prior directives among patients with HIV-related diseases. J Gen Intern Med 1990;5:490-494.
31. Stefos T, La Vallee N, Holden F. Fairness in prospective payment: A clustering approach. Health Serv Res 1992;27:239-261.
32. Katz J. Silent World of Doctor and Patient. New York: Free Press, 1986.
33. Solomon MZ, O'Donnell L, Jennings B et al. Decisions near the end of life: Professional views on life-sustaining treatments. Am J Public Health 1993;83:14-23.
34. Virmani J, Schneiderman LJ, Kaplan RM. Relationship of advance directives to physician-patient communication. Arch Intern Med 1994;154:909-913.
35. Jacobson JA, White BE, Battin MP et al. Patients' understanding and use of advance directives. West J Med 1994;160:232-236.
36. Elder NC, Schneider FD, Zweig SC, et al. Community attitudes and knowledge about advance care directives. J Am Board Fam Prac 1992;5:565-572.
37. Moore KA, Danks JH, Ditto PH et al. Elderly outpatients' understanding of a physician-initiated advance directive discussion. Arch Fam Med 1994;3:1057-1063.
38. Malloy TR, Wigton RS, Meeske J, Tape TG. The influence of treatment descriptions on advance medical directive decisions. J Am Geriatr Soc 1992;40:1255-1260.
39. Mazur DJ, Hickam DH. The effect of physicians' explanations on patients' treatment preferences: Five-year survival data. Med Decis Making 1994;14:255-258.
40. Reinders M, Singer PA. Which advance directives do patients prefer? J Gen Intern Med 1994;9:49-51.
41. Emanuel LL, Emanuel FJ, Stoeckle JD et al. Advance directives: Stability of patients' treatment choices. Arch Intern Med 1994;154:209-217.
42. Reilly BM, Manussen R, Ross J et al. Can we talk? Inpatient discussions about advance directives in a community hospital. Arch Intern Med 1994;154:2299-2308.
43. Morrison RS, Morrison EW, Glickman DF. Physician reluctance to discuss advance directives: An empirical investigation of potential barriers. Arch Intern Med 1994;154:2311-2318.
44. Markson L, Fanale J, Steel K et al. Implementing advance directives in the primary care setting. Arch Intern Med 1994;154:2321-2327.