Early stroke mortality, patient preferences,and the withdrawal of care bias

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 941-944

  Kelly, Adam G ^a   Hoskins, Kathryn D ^a   Holloway, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 84866074604     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318266fc40     Document Type: Article

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