The family conference as a focus to improve communication about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: Opportunities for improvement

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Curtis, J R ^a   Patrick, D L ^a   Shannon, S E ^a   Treece, P D ^a   Engelberg, R A ^a   Rubenfeld, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Family conference; Intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0035110527     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200102001-00006     Document Type: Review

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