A multicenter study of key stakeholders' perspectives on communicating with surrogates about prognosis in intensive care units

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 142-152

  Anderson, Wendy G ^a,b   Cimino, Jenica W ^a,b   Ernecoff, Natalie C ^c   Ungar, Anna ^d   Shotsberger, Kaitlin J ^c   Pollice, Laura A ^e   Buddadhumaruk, Praewpannarai ^c   Carson, Shannon S ^f   Curtis, J Randall ^d   Hough, Catherine L ^d   Lo, Bernard ^a,g   Matthay, Michael A ^a   Peterson, Michael W ^b   Steingrub, Jay S ^h,i   White, Douglas B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Greenwall Foundation   (United States)

^h BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Critical care; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPREHENSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMPATHY; EXPECTATION; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FAMILY COPING; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELATIVE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER; SPIRITUAL CARE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PROXY; SOCIAL WORK;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROXY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL WORK; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84926466081     PISSN: 23296933     EISSN: 23256621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201407-325OC     Document Type: Article

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