Differences in end-of-life care in the icu across patients cared for by medicine, surgery, neurology, and neurosurgery physicians

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Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 313-321

  Kross, Erin K ^a   Engelberg, Ruth A ^a   Downey, Lois ^a   Cuschieri, Joseph ^b   Hallman, Matthew R ^b   Longstreth, W T ^a   Tirschwell, David L ^a   Curtis, J Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGIST; NEUROSURGEON; NURSE ATTITUDE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME OF DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPECIALIZATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84893679663     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-1351     Document Type: Article

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