Use of advance directives for high-risk operations: A national survey of surgeons

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 418-423

  Redmann, Andrew J ^a   Brasel, Karen J ^b   Alexander, Caleb G ^c,d,e   Schwarze, Margaret L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVING WILL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL RISK;

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

EID: 84857647097     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31823b6782     Document Type: Article

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