Use of the physician orders for life-sustaining treatment program in the clinical setting: A systematic review of the literature

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 341-350

  Hickman, Susan E ^a,b   Keevern, Elisabeth ^a   Hammes, Bernard J ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

advance care planning; end of life; ethics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ORDER FOR LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT FORM; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS;

EID: 84923248691     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13248     Document Type: Review

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