Assessing the impact of palliative care in the intensive care unit through the lens of patient-centered outcomes research

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 504-510

  Aslakson, Rebecca A ^a   Bridges, John F P ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Outcomes; Palliative care; Patient centered outcomes research

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSENSUS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WELLBEING;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 84885019800     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e328364d50f     Document Type: Review

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