Code status documentation in the outpatient electronic medical records of patients with metastatic cancer

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 150-153

  Temel, Jennifer S ^a   Greer, Joseph A ^a   Admane, Sonal ^a   Solis, Jessica ^a   Cashavelly, Barbara J ^a   Doherty, Stephen ^a   Heist, Rebecca ^a   Pirl, William F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNR DNI; Metastatic cancer; Resuscitation preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; OUTPATIENT; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID TUMOR;

ADULT; ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; DOCUMENTATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77951104458     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1161-z     Document Type: Article

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