A cross-cultural study of physician treatment decisions for demented nursing home patients who develop pneumonia

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-227

  Helton, Margaret R ^a   Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^b   Daaleman, Timothy P ^a,c   Gamble, George R ^a   Ribbe, Miel W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; End of life care; Euthanasia; Nursing home medicine; Palliative care; Passive; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PNEUMONIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744730314     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.536     Document Type: Article

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