Structure and variation in end-of-life discussions in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Communication and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-20

  Barton, Ellen ^a   Aldridge, Matthew ^a   Trimble, Thomas ^a   Vidovic, Justin ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bad news; Decision making; Discourse analysis; End of life care; Intensive care; Palliative care; Physician patient interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DYING; FAMILY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 27344436088     PISSN: 16121783     EISSN: 16133625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/come.2005.2.1.3     Document Type: Article

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