A brief educational intervention to teach residents shared decision making in the intensive care unit

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 531-536

  Yuen, Jacqueline K ^a   Mehta, Sonal S ^b   Roberts, Jordan E ^b   Cooke, Joseph T ^b   Reid, M Carrington ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COURSE EVALUATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; SATISFACTION; SHARED DECISION MAKING;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84877868074     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0356     Document Type: Article

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