The accuracy of surrogate decisions in intensive care scenarios

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-51

  Li, L L M ^a   Cheong, K Y P ^b   Yaw, L K ^c   Liu, E H C ^d  

^a NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b National University Hospital

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Surrogate decisions

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEMENTIA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; RESUSCITATION;

ADULT; AGED; COMA; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; SINGAPORE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 33847396599     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0703500105     Document Type: Article

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