Is experience a good teacher? How interns and attending physicians understand patients' choices for end-of-life care

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-227

  Wilson, Ira B ^a   Green, Michael L ^b,e   Goldman, Lee ^b,c   Tsevat, Joel ^b,d   Cook, E Francis ^b   Phillips, Russell S ^b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life care; patient preferences; patient physician relationship

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BOSTON; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; STUDY TO UNDERSTAND PROGNOSES AND PREFERENCES FOR OUTCOMES AND RISKS OF TREATMENTS (SUPPORT); SURVEY; UNITED STATES; VENTILATORS;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0030995525     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X9701700213     Document Type: Article

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