Life support for patients without a surrogate decision maker: Who decides?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-40

  White, Douglas B ^a   Curtis, J Randall ^b   Wolf, Leslie E ^a   Prendergast, Thomas J ^c   Taichman, Darren B ^d   Kuniyoshi, Gary ^e   Acerra, Frank ^f   Lo, Bernard ^a   Luce, John M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEATH; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICY; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34447284076     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-147-1-200707030-00006     Document Type: Article

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