You can't get what you want: Innovation for end-of-life communication in the intensive care unit

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 14-16

  Schwarze, Margaret L ^a,b   Campbell, Toby C ^b   Cunningham, Thomas V ^c,d   White, Douglas B ^e   Arnold, Robert M ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PATIENT COMFORT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PERSONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SHARED DECISION MAKING; TERMINAL CARE; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84988850686     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201508-1592OE     Document Type: Review

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