Toward Shared Decision Making at the End of Life in Intensive Care Units
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Toward shared decision making at the end of life in intensive care units: opportunities for improvement.
BACKGROUND In North America, families generally wish to be involved in end-of-life decisions when the patient cannot participate, yet little is known about the extent to which shared decision making occurs in intensive care units. METHODS We audiotaped 51 physician-family conferences about major end-of-life treatment decisions at 4 hospitals from August 1, 2000, to July 31, 2002. We measured ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.5.461