Scope and outcomes of surrogate decision making among hospitalized older adults

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 370-377

  Torke, Alexia M ^a,b,c,d   Sachs, Greg A ^a,b,c   Helft, Paul R ^d,e   Montz, Kianna ^a,b   Hui, Siu L ^a,b,c   Slaven, James E ^c   Callahan, Christopher M ^a,b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84897734540     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13315     Document Type: Article

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