Putting the patient first: Honoring advance directives prior to surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 424-426

  Cooper, Zara R ^a   Powers, Carol L ^b   Cobb, J Perren ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84857647025     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318246c1ad     Document Type: Editorial

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