Titrating guidance: A model to guide physicians in assisting patients and family members who are facing complex decisions

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1733-1739

  Goldstein, Nathan E ^a,b   Back, Anthony L ^c   Morrison, R Sean ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATERNALISM; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51649123293     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.168.16.1733     Document Type: Review

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