Toward better ICU use at the end of life

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 255-256

  Angus, Derek C ^a   Truog, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT SURVEY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; RIGHT TO DIE; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; GATEKEEPING; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84955324736     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.18681     Document Type: Short Survey

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