Factors that contribute to physician variability in decisions to limit life support in the ICU: A qualitative study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1009-1018

  Wilson, Michael E ^a   Rhudy, Lori M ^a,b   Ballinger, Beth A ^a   Tescher, Ann N ^a   Pickering, Brian W ^a   Gajic, Ognjen ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Intensive care; Life support care; Physician's role; Terminal care; Withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY RELATION; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JOB EXPERIENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSE; NURSING CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL VALUE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL BELIEF; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT HANDOFF; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84878016240     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-2896-x     Document Type: Article

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