Surrogates’ Predictions of Seriously Ill Patients’ Resuscitation Preferences

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 518-523

  Layde, Peter M ^a,b   Beam, Craig A ^a,b   Broste, Steven K ^b   Connors, Alfred F ^f   Desbiens, Norman ^b,c   Lynn, Joanne ^g   Phillips, Russell S ^h   Reding, Douglas ^d   Teno, Joan ^g   Vidaillet, Humberto ^e   Wenger, Neil ⁱ  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

^c General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e Cardiology   (United States)

^f METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; FEMALE; FEMALES; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RESUSCITATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDY TO UNDERSTAND PROGNOSES AND PREFERENCES FOR OUTCOMES AND RISKS OF TREATMENTS (SUPPORT);

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; CONSENSUS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; FEMALES; MALES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; STANDARDS; STUDY TO UNDERSTAND PROGNOSES AND PREFERENCES FOR OUTCOMES AND RISKS OF TREATMENTS (SUPPORT); SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 85047692242     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: XXXXXXXX     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.4.6.518     Document Type: Article

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