Identifying family members who may struggle in the role of surrogate decision maker

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2281-2286

  Majesko, Alyssa ^a   Hong, Seo Yeon ^b   Weissfeld, Lisa ^b   White, Douglas B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; end of life; surrogate decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROXY; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84864270633     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182533317     Document Type: Article

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