The association between treatment preferences and trajectories of care at the end-of-life

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1566-1571

  Cosgriff, Joanne Alissi ^a   Pisani, Margaret ^a   Bradley, Elizabeth H ^a   O'Leary, John R ^a   Fried, Terri R ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; End of life care; Preferences

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 35248827601     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0362-6     Document Type: Article

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