The role of surgeon error in withdrawal of postoperative life support

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-15

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

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

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIC STROKE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STROKE; SURGEON; SURGICAL ERROR; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84863313677     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182580de5     Document Type: Article

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