Recommendations to Surrogates at the End of Life: A Critical Narrative Review of the Empirical Literature and a Normative Analysis

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 693-700

  Prochaska, Micah T ^a   Sulmasy, Daniel P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; End of life care; ethics; patient physician relationship; recommendation; shared decision making; surrogates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN; TERMINAL CARE; CAREGIVER; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FAMILY; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES;

CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84945452907     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2015.05.004     Document Type: Article

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