Recommendations for best communication practices to facilitate goal-concordant care for seriously ill older patients with emergency surgical conditions

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-6

  Cooper, Zara ^a,b   Koritsanszky, Luca A ^a   Cauley, Christy E ^a,c   Frydman, Julia L ^d   Bernacki, Rachelle E ^a,e   Mosenthal, Anne C ^f   Gawande, Atul A ^a,b   Block, Susan D ^a,b,e  

^a ARIADNE LABS   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute emergencies; Older adults; Palliative care; Serious illness; Surgeon patient communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMOTION; GOAL CONCORDANT CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERMINAL CARE; AGED; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; SURGERY;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84953837695     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000001491     Document Type: Article

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