Surgeons, intensivists, and the covenant of care: Administrative models and values affecting care at the end of life - Updated

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1551-1557

  Cassell, Joan ^a   Buchman, Timothy G ^a   Streat, Stephen ^b   Stewart, Ronald M ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative models; End of life care; Family; Intensive care unit; Values affecting end of life care

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MODEL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; TERMINAL CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGERY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037904984     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200305000-00039     Document Type: Review

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