A conceptual model of the role of communication in surrogate decision making for hospitalized adults

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-61

  Torke, Alexia M ^a,b,c   Petronio, Sandra ^b,d,e,f   Sachs, Greg A ^a,c   Helft, Paul R ^b,g   Purnell, Christianna ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^b IU Health   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Decision making; Proxy

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FAMILY CONFLICT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRUST;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROXY; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 84859160356     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.07.027     Document Type: Review

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