Physicians' preferences and attitudes about end-of-life care in patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1139-1141

  Sherazi, Saadia ^a   Daubert, James P ^a   Block, Robert C ^a   Jeevanantham, Vinodh ^b   Abdel Gadir, Khalid ^c   DiSalle, Michael R ^c   Haley, James M ^c   Shah, Abrar H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; TERMINAL CARE; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54049084181     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/83.10.1139     Document Type: Article

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