A model for emergency department end-of-life communications after acute devastating events-part I: Decision-making capacity, surrogates, and advance directives

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages E1068-E1072

  Limehouse, Walter E ^a   Ramana Feeser, V ^b   Bookman, Kelly J ^c   Derse, Arthur ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; END OF LIFE COMMUNICATION; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; SURROGACY LAW; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84866389813     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01426.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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