Would you be surprised if this patient died?: Preliminary exploration of first and second year residents' approach to care decisions in critically ill patients

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-9

  Johnson, Daniel C ^a   Kutner, Jean S ^a   Armstrong II, John D ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FATALITY; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 2942670539     PISSN: 1472684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-2-1     Document Type: Article

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