Patients who want their family and physician to make resuscitation decisions for them: Observations from support and help

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue S1, 2000, Pages S84-S90

  Puchalski, Christina M ^a   Zhong, Zhensbao ^a   Jacobs, Michelle M ^a   Fox, Ellen ^a   Lynn, Joanne ^a   Harrold, Joan ^b   Galanos, Anthony ^c   Phillips, Russell S ^d   Califf, Robert ^c   Teno, Joan M ^e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Hospice of Lancaster County   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CPR; decision making; do not resuscitate; functional status; surrogate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HOSPITALIZED ELDERLY LONGITUDINAL PROJECT (HELP); STUDY TO UNDERSTAND PROGNOSES AND PREFERENCES FOR OUTCOMES AND RISKS OF TREATMENTS (SUPPORT);

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034019276     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03146.x     Document Type: Article

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