Physician understanding of patient resuscitation preferences: Insights and clinical implications

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue S1, 2000, Pages S44-S51

  Wenger, Neil S ^a   Phillips, Russell S ^b   Teno, Joan M ^c   Oye, Robert K ^a   Dawson, Neal V ^d   Liu, Honghu ^a   Califf, Robert ^e   Layde, Peter ^f   Hakim, Rosemarie ^c   Lynn, Joanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; patient participation; physician patient relations; quality of care.; resuscitation orders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; STUDY TO UNDERSTAND PROGNOSES AND PREFERENCES FOR OUTCOMES AND RISKS OF TREATMENTS (SUPPORT);

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COMMUNICATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 0034064307     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03140.x     Document Type: Article

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