Using Video Images to Improve the Accuracy of Surrogate Decision-Making: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 575-580

  Volandes, Angelo E ^a,b   Mitchell, Susan L ^b,c,d   Gillick, Muriel R ^b   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   Paasche Orlow, Michael K ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NARRATIVE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 70350052821     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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