Code status discussions at hospital admission are not associated with patient and surrogate satisfaction with hospital care: Results from the multicenter hospitalist study

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-108

  Anderson, Wendy G ^a   Pantilat, Steven Z ^a   Meltzer, David ^b   Schnipper, Jeffrey ^c   Kaboli, Peter ^d   Wetterneck, Tosha B ^e   Gonzales, David ^f   Arora, Vineet ^b   Zhang, James ^g   Auerbach, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitation; code status discussions; hospital; physician family communication; physician patient communication; satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESUSCITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79952154349     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909110374352     Document Type: Article

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