Quality of death: Assessing the importance placed on end-of-life treatment in the intensive-care unit

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 423-431

  Bryce, Cindy L ^a   Loewenstein, George ^b   Arnold, Robert M ^a   Schooler, Jonathan ^a   Wax, Randy S ^c   Angus, Derek C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

End of life care; Quality of care; Utility measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 2542498914     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000124245.62354.57     Document Type: Article

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