Patients' perceptions of physicians' recommendations for comfort care differ by patient age and gender

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 248-255

  Johnson, Marie F ^a   Lin, Michael ^a   Mangalik, Saurabh ^b   Murphy, Donald J ^c   Kramer, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ROSE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Colorado Collect for Med Decisions ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Ethics; Physician patient relationship; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLORADO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEX FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0034091939     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2000.015004248.x     Document Type: Article

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