The influence of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status on end-of-life care in the ICU

Chest

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1025-1033

  Muni, Sarah ^a   Engelberg, Ruth A ^b   Treece, Patsy D ^b   Dotolo, Danae ^b   Curtis, J Randall ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUPPORT GROUP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 79952173988     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-3011     Document Type: Article

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