Code status discussions between attending hospitalist physicians and medical patients at hospital admission

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 359-366

  Anderson, Wendy G ^a   Chase, Rebecca ^b   Pantilat, Steven Z ^a   Tulsky, James A ^c,d   Auerbach, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitation; communication; ethics; hospital medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 79953717727     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1568-6     Document Type: Article

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