Prognoses of seriously ill hospitalized patients on the days before death: Implications for patient care and public policy

New Horizons: Science and Practice of Acute Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-61

  Lynn, J ^a   Harrell F , Jr ^a   Cohn, F ^a   Wagner, D ^a   Connors A F , Jr ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

advance directives; assisted suicide; cancer; congestive heart failure; hospice care; life support care; multiple organ system failure; physician's role; right to die; terminal care

Indexed keywords

AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; APACHE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031044647     PISSN: 10637389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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