Perceptions of the appropriateness of care in California adult intensive care units

Critical Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Anstey, Matthew H ^a,b   Adams, John L ^c   McGlynn, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Center for Effectiveness and Safety Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INAPPROPRIATENESS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; BURNOUT; CALIFORNIA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MANPOWER; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84924234364     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-015-0777-0     Document Type: Article

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