Who is attending? End-of-life decision making in the intensive care unit

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-62

  Baggs, Judith Gedney ^a   Schmitt, Madeline H ^b   Prendergast, Thomas J ^c   Norton, Sally A ^b   Sellers, Craig R ^b   Quinn, Jill R ^b   Press, Nancy ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84856301869     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0307     Document Type: Article

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