Communication and decision making about life-sustaining treatment: Examining the experiences of resident physicians and seriously-ill hospitalized patients

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1877-1882

  Deep, Kristy S ^a   Griffith, Charles H ^a   Wilson, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Decision making; End of life care; Ethics; Medical education

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DECISION MAKING; DEONTOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESIDENT; RESUSCITATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 56749091972     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0779-6     Document Type: Article

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