The facilitated values history: Helping surrogates make authentic decisions for incapacitated patients with advanced illness

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 480-486

  Scheunemann, Leslie P ^a,b   Arnold, Robert M ^c,d   White, Douglas B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Ethics; Patient centered care; Shared decision making; Surrogate decision making

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 84866421005     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201204-0710CP     Document Type: Review

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