Shared decision-making in intensive care units: Executive summary of the American college of critical care medicine and American thoracic society policy statement

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 193, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1334-1336

  Kon, Alexander A ^a,b   Davidson, Judy E ^c   Morrison, Wynne ^d   Danis, Marion ^e   White, Douglas B ^f  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARED DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; INTENSIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84988867528     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201602-0269ED     Document Type: Editorial

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