Life-sustaining treatments: What do physicians want and do they express their wishes to others?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 961-969

  Gallo, Joseph J ^a,g   Straton, Joseph B ^a   Klag, Michael J ^b,c   Meoni, Lucy A ^b,d   Sulmasy, Daniel P ^e,f   Wang, Nae yuh ^b   Ford, Daniel E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Aged; Decision making; Ethics; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0038148410     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2389.2003.51309.x     Document Type: Article

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