Self-efficacy approaches to improving end-of-life care for the critically ill: Ineffective, insufficient, or inconclusive?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 288-290

  Azoulay, Élie ^a,b   Siegel, Mark D ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DYING; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVING WILL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; TEAMWORK; TERMINAL CARE;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF EFFICACY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 79551533170     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201010-1759ED     Document Type: Editorial

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