Withholding versus withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: Patient factors and documentation associated with dialysis decisions

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue S1, 2000, Pages S75-S83

  Wenger, Neil S ^a   Lynn, Joanne ^b   Oye, Robert K ^a   Liu, Honghu ^a   Teno, Joan M ^b   Phillips, Russell S ^c   Desbiens, Norman A ^d   Sehgal, Ashwini ^e   Kussin, Peter ^f   Taub, Harry ^a   Harrell, Frank ^g   Knaus, William ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^e METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

hemodialysis; physician patient relationship; terminal care; withdrawing care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AGE FACTORS; APACHE; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0034102715     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03145.x     Document Type: Article

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