Testing the presumption of consent to emergency treatment for acute ischemic stroke

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1689-1691

  Chiong, Winston ^a   Kim, Anthony S ^a   Huang, Ivy A ^a   Farahany, Nita A ^b   Josephson, S Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESUMPTION OF CONSENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PREFERENCE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROXY; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 84898777209     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.3302     Document Type: Letter

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