Physician-related barriers to communication and patient- and family-centred decision-making towards the end of life in intensive care: A systematic review

Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Visser, Mieke ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a,b   Houttekier, Dirk ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED VOCABULARY; DATA SYNTHESIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CRITICAL CARE; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84927711993     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-014-0604-z     Document Type: Article

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