A prospective study of primary surrogate decision makers' knowledge of intensive care

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1633-1636

  Rodriguez, Robert M ^a   Navarrete, Eduardo ^a   Schwaber, Jason ^a   McKleroy, William ^a   Clouse, Amy ^a   Kerrigan, Sandra F ^a   Fortman, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Code status; Communication; Health literacy; Intensive care unit; Medical decision making; Surrogate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 42949097516     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31816a0784     Document Type: Article

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