An empirical study of surrogates' preferred level of control over value-laden life support decisions in intensive care units

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 915-921

  Johnson, Sara K ^a   Bautista, Christopher A ^a   Hong, Seo Yeon ^b   Weissfeld, Lisa ^b   White, Douglas B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Decisions; End of life care; Ethics; Surrogate decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICISM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RESUSCITATION;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROXY; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 79953322212     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201008-1214OC     Document Type: Article

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