Physician attitudes regarding advance directives for high-risk surgical patients: A qualitative analysis

Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-216

  Bradley, Ciaran T ^a   Brasel, Karen J ^a   Schwarze, Margaret L ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIVING WILL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMED CONSENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 77955301303     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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