"best case/worst case": Qualitative evaluation of a novel communication tool for difficult in-the-moment surgical decisions

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1805-1811

  Kruser, Jacqueline M ^a   Nabozny, Michael J ^b   Steffens, Nicole M ^b   Brasel, Karen J ^c   Campbell, Toby C ^b   Gaines, Martha E ^d   Schwarze, Margaret L ^a,e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

acute care surgery; communication tool; palliative care; shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; SURGEON; SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; EVALUATION STUDY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; COMMUNICATION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84942200289     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13615     Document Type: Article

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