Physicians' influence over decisions to forego life support

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1298-1305

  Garland, Allan ^a,c   Connors Jr , Alfred F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Health Sciences Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMORBIDITY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEFIBRILLATION; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFUSAL TO TREAT;

EID: 37349088690     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0061     Document Type: Article

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