Decision Aids and Shared Decision-Making in Neurocritical Care: An Unmet Need in Our NeuroICUs

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 127-130

  Muehlschlegel, Susanne ^a   Shutter, Lori ^b   Col, Nananda ^c   Goldberg, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute brain injury; Decision aid; Neurocritical care; Shared decision making

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONFLICT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DECISION AID; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXPECTATION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL CARE; NEUROCRITICAL CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROXY; RESUSCITATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SHARED DECISION MAKING; SURVIVAL; BRAIN INJURIES; STANDARDS;

BRAIN INJURIES; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 84938416013     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-014-0097-2     Document Type: Editorial

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