Prevalence of and factors related to discordance about prognosis between physicians and surrogate decision makers of critically ill patients

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 2086-2094

  White, Douglas B ^a   Ernecoff, Natalie ^b   Buddadhumaruk, Praewpannarai ^b   Hong, Seoyeon ^b   Weissfeld, Lisa ^b   Curtis, J Randall ^b   Luce, John M ^b   Lo, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SURROGATE DECISION MAKING; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PROBABILITY; PROXY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; COMPREHENSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROXY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84969245792     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.5351     Document Type: Article

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