Patient involvement in health-related decisions during prolonged critical illness

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-372

  Happ, Mary Beth ^a   Swigart, Valerie A ^a   Tate, Judith A ^a   Hoffman, Leslie A ^a   Arnold, Robert M ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Division of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics ^*

^d Division of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics

Author keywords

Critical care; Intensive care; Mechanical ventilation; Patient decision making; Treatment decisionmaking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34548285775     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20197     Document Type: Article

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