ItÊ's big surgery: Preoperative expressions of risk, responsibility, and commitment to treatment after high-risk operations

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 458-463

  Pecanac, Kristen E ^a   Kehler, Jacqueline M ^b   Brasel, Karen J ^c   Cooper, Zara ^d   Steffens, Nicole M ^b   McKneally, Martin F ^e,f   Schwarze, Margaret L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

informed consent; life supporting treatments; postoperative care; surgical decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84894089408     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000314     Document Type: Article

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