Redesigning surgical decision making for high-risk patients

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 370, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 1379-1381

  Glance, Laurent G ^a   Osler, Turner M ^b   Neuman, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84898725855     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1315538     Document Type: Article

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