Physicians' views on the importance of patient preferences in surrogate decision-making

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 533-538

  Torke, Alexia M ^a,b,c   Moloney, Rachael ^d   Siegler, Mark ^d,e   Abalos, Anna ^f   Alexander, G Caleb ^d,e,f,g,h  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical Ethics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f West Suburban Medical Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Ethics; Proxy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEGAL GUARDIANS; LIVING WILLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 77949414916     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02720.x     Document Type: Article

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