Communicating with patients' families and physicians about prognosis and goals of care

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages e56-e64

  Milic, Michelle M ^a   Puntillo, Kathleen ^b   Turner, Kathleen ^c   Joseph, Denah ^c   Peters, Natalie ^d   Ryan, Rio ^e   Schuster, Cathy ^c   Winfree, Holly ^c   Cimino, Jenica ^b   Anderson, Wendy G ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSING STAFF; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; EDUCATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SAN FRANCISCO; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84936129371     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2015855     Document Type: Article

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