Access to reliable information about long-term prognosis influences clinical opinion on use of lifesaving intervention

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Honeybul, Stephen ^a   Ho, Kwok ^b,c   O'Hanlon, Susan ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; AUSTRALIA; CARE AND CARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857583253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032375     Document Type: Article

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