Using the medical record to evaluate the quality of end-of-life care in the intensive care unit

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1138-1146

  Glavan, Bradford J ^a   Engelberg, Ruth A ^a   Downey, Lois ^a   Curtis, J Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude to death; Critical care; Family satisfaction; Health care; Intensive care statistics and numerical data; Palliative care; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEATH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF DYING AND DEATH QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; TUBE FEEDING; VENTILATOR;

EID: 41649112702     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318168f301     Document Type: Article

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