Hospital staff attributions of the causes of physician variation in end-of-life treatment intensity

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 460-470

  Larochelle, M R ^a   Rodriguez, K L ^b   Arnold, R M ^a   Barnato, Amber E ^a  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Practice variation; Qualitative research; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIALIZATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 67649354568     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309103664     Document Type: Article

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